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Full Time Nix

Shahar "Dawn" Or
Nix
Nixos
Nix Packages
Nixpkgs
Steering Committee
Linux
Open Source
Flakes
Macos
Community Engagement
Nixcon
Home Manager
Python
Software Development
Documentation
Rust
Haskell
Devops
Kubernetes
Nix Community

Real chats with brilliant Nixers

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• Determinate Systems

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Nix Freaks:

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• Secrets Don’t Belong in Config

• Linux System Engineer, Reifenhäuser NEXT, Cologne, Germany

• xdg-desktop-portal: remove broken NIX_XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR patch

• nixos/qemu-firmware: init

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Nix Freaks:

Spontaneous topics

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A Full Time Nix production

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Recent Guests

Dean Eckert
Software developer, co-founder at Red Oak Consulting
Red Oak Consulting
Episode: SaltSprint 2026 with Dean Eckert
Jeremy Fleischman
Nix Packages Formatting Team Lead, Infra team member on NixOS tests contributor
NixOS/Nix Packages (involvement with Applicative Systems/Nixcademy referenced)
Episode: NixOS Tests nspawn containers with Jeremy Fleischman
Jamie McGee
Contributor/Engineer involved with Dependabot on GitHub side
GitHub
Episode: Dependabot Nix Support
Ankit Kumar Hany
GitHub employee, engineering manager for Dependabot
GitHub
Episode: Dependabot Nix Support
Morgan Nam-Init
One of the organizers of Nix Vegas
Southern California Nix OS user group
Episode: Nix Vegas 2026 Invite
Mika Bohinen
Open source Nix developer involved with Nix effects and related projects
Nix effects (project)
Episode: nix-effects with Mika Bohinen
Eldad Golan
Israeli journalist, formerly a journalist for seven/eight years, later a cook and DJ; birding enthusiast.
Independent speaker
Episode: Garbage (collection) Time
Domen Kožar
Devenv author and Kaxix founder
Kaxix
Episode: Devenv 2.0 with Domen Kožar
Christian Teune
Co-founder of Flying Circus, organizer of Salt Sprint
Flying Circus
Episode: SaltSprint 2026 Invite

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 22 ratings
  • Good stuff.

    Cool tech podcast, where you learn stuff from what is implemented and fixed in Nix

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    gpunktn
    Switzerland2 years ago

Listeners Say

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Guests are technical and discussion is action-oriented, not just theoretical.
Listener insights point to solid practical value for building and maintaining Nix workflows.
Pacing can be dense but stays highly relevant for practitioners.
Listeners appreciate depth on CI/CD and real-world build challenges.

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#200
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#249
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Talking Points

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NixOS Tests nspawn containers with Jeremy Fleischman
Q: What kind of performance and scalability improvements were observed?
Start-up time for a NixOS node in a container is on the order of five to ten seconds faster per node than a VM, and parallelization means substantially shorter wall times when running larger test suites.
NixOS Tests nspawn containers with Jeremy Fleischman
Q: Why move from QEMU VMs to systemd-nspawn containers for tests?
Containers drastically speed up test iteration times, reduce resource usage, and allow more tests to run in parallel, while still enabling realistic interactions like a client-server setup and inter-node communication in a controlled environment.
NixOS Tests nspawn containers with Jeremy Fleischman
Q: What is the NixOS tests framework used for, and how do NixOS tests operate in practice?
The NixOS tests framework lets you spin up full Linux-like nodes, write tests in Python, and run commands to assert behavior across a private network of machines, effectively validating that software not only builds but also operates in a coordinated, end-to-end fashion.
Nix Vegas 2026 Invite
Q: Is there a ticket or sponsorship thing attendees should know about?
Yes, talks or projects can be sponsored to receive a DEF CON badge, lowering the barrier to entry, and the main DEF CON details are at nix.vegas.
Nix Vegas 2026 Invite
Q: What about beginners?
There will be multiple tables and people ready to help newbies, making it approachable for those starting with NixOS, and the space is designed to be collaborative rather than intimidating.

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A tech-focused discussion series that centers on Nix, its tooling, and ecosystem challenges. Episodes frequently cover CI/CD in Nix, packaging and deployment workflows, Flakes and Unflake, NixOS, and community events, with practical tips and real-world experiences from developers and practitioners. Noteworthy are deep technical explorations, hands-on troubleshooting, and a strong emphasis on open-source collaboration, community meetups, and tooling improvements that help teams ship reliable infrastructure faster.

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