NixOS: I'm selective about who I pitch NixOS to, but if I think someone I know would be a good fit with it, my pitch is basically a tl;dr version of Chris McDonough's excellent ramble here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=17-TRCpDizA
Computers nowadays are a writhing complex mass of components that change and crumble from beneath your feet when you're not looking. NixOS makes your computers predictable and manageable again. It gives you the power to set your preferences and solve your problems in a more durable way than ever. In doing so, NixOS also makes getting things right feel worthwhile when you might otherwise be inclined to just live with and adapt to brokenness. NixOS makes computing fun again, and puts practical configuration management, even on desktops, within reach for lazy home users.
Nix: Portable, predictable development environments that are fast, native, and don't ask you to fuck around with port forwards or bind mounts. Nix is insanely fast compared to Docker Desktop, and provides easy access to an extraordinarily massive collection of packages (80,000+!). If you develop on Mac and Linux and deploy to Linux, there's no better way to distribute your software or its dependencies internally than with Nix, period.
Computers nowadays are a writhing complex mass of components that change and crumble from beneath your feet when you're not looking. NixOS makes your computers predictable and manageable again. It gives you the power to set your preferences and solve your problems in a more durable way than ever. In doing so, NixOS also makes getting things right feel worthwhile when you might otherwise be inclined to just live with and adapt to brokenness. NixOS makes computing fun again, and puts practical configuration management, even on desktops, within reach for lazy home users.
Nix: Portable, predictable development environments that are fast, native, and don't ask you to fuck around with port forwards or bind mounts. Nix is insanely fast compared to Docker Desktop, and provides easy access to an extraordinarily massive collection of packages (80,000+!). If you develop on Mac and Linux and deploy to Linux, there's no better way to distribute your software or its dependencies internally than with Nix, period.