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date    = "2022-10-06T21:44:51+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-10-06T21:44:51+00:00"
tags    = [ "linux" ]
author  = "tdro"
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After daily driving NixOS and the Nix {{< abbr pm "package manager" >}} for
[almost three years](https://www.thedroneely.com/posts/running-nixos-linux-containers/),
it feels like it'll be simplified by entities external to the project. It's
still in that academic phase (don't do this/that) and needs software engineering
{{< abbr asap "as soon as possible" >}}.

That usually involves reducing boilerplate ruthlessly while
generalizing/capturing fundamental uses cases (setting implicit best current
practices). It's reminiscent of `lxc` just before `docker` arrived for the
masses.

{{< abbr btw "by the way" >}} this blog is served to you by
[NixOS](https://nixos.org/download.html#download-nixos) :-)