# Bigger, better, faster: Introducing the Nix Badge 2.0
**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876
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**Created:** [September 1, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876 "2026-09-01T12:13:22Z")
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### Author:  [@numinit](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/numinit)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/1 "2026-09-01T12:13:22Z")
> **[Nix Vegas - Bigger, better, faster: Introducing the Nix Badge 2.0](https://nix.vegas/blog/2026/badge/)**
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> Four days in Vegas. Two NixOS installs. One SD card.
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### Author:  [@mightyiam](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/mightyiam)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/2 "2026-09-01T12:28:37Z")
Zero Hydra failures?
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### Author:  [@numinit](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/numinit)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/3 "2026-09-01T12:33:12Z")
Zero sleep is probably more accurate
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### Author:  [@withakay](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/withakay)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/4 "2026-09-01T13:17:42Z")
Really really cool and a phenomenal writeup. Great job and thanks for sharing!
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### Author:  [@ahoneybun](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/ahoneybun)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/5 "2026-09-01T14:59:52Z")
I will say the badge is one of the coolest things I have seen and that is even compared to the DEFCON badge this year! Awesome work everyone!
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### Author:  [@fzakaria](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/fzakaria)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/6 "2026-09-01T17:58:17Z")
I loved all the writing on the badge. All the homage to DEFCON33 and other quotes.
I’m not much of a hardware guy – it’s a big gap in my own knowledge so those were cherished to me.
I enjoyed reading the post. It’s amazing how much work it is to get a physical device created and working. I only ever deal with the ephemeral code side.
I had a blast there.
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### Author:  [@numinit](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/numinit)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/7 "2026-09-01T23:40:07Z")
I’m still surprised it all worked. We were extremely happy that we could get it to people at all. I’m still fighting hardware in the evenings, but things are progressing really well. Have to get it on our Hydra soon.
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### Author:  [@crertel](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/crertel)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/8 "2026-09-02T00:23:46Z")
These were even more fun than the first year’s!
The pride snowflake logo also came out _amazing_, really vivid in person.
The team shipped what might be the first bespoke NixOS-powered single-board computer (that isn’t in a drone lmao).
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### Author:  [@numinit](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/numinit)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/bigger-better-faster-introducing-the-nix-badge-2-0/79876/9 "2026-09-02T05:40:26Z")
> [@fzakaria](#):
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> I loved all the writing on the badge. All the homage to DEFCON33 and other quotes.
I hope we can continue doing this. Every year, make it a tradition to put the previous year’s speakers on the badge, or something similar. In any case, I’d love to keep NixOS running on it, though the battery life is of course going to be an interesting challenge.