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  • description: nix-darwin brings the nix package manager to macOS. In todays video I discuss the pros and cons of this approach, and take you through setting up a box fresh Mac in about 30 mins. My config: - https://github.com/ironicbadger/nix-config People who actually know what they are doings configs: - https://github.com/wimpysworld/nix-config - https://github.com/shayne/nixos-config - https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config Enquiries: [email protected] šŸ–„ļø https://alex.ktz.me šŸ¦£ mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger šŸ““ https://blog.ktz.me šŸ§‘šŸ½ā€šŸ’» https://github.com/ironicbadger šŸŽ™ļø https://selfhosted.show podcast ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”- Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:06 Overview of Nix ecosystem (package manager, OS, language) 00:13:34 Flake inputs dependencies 00:20:19 Explaining mkDarwin helper function 00:23:40 Installation and build process 00:30:52 Mac App Store applications + Homebrew 00:35:30 Switching to the built derivation ------------------------
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