Is NixOS good for AI/ML dev?

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I have done AI/ML dev on Arch and Fedora and it was pretty awarding not to mention that i got first prize for my AI model 2 times in a streak but i doubt if i can do AI/ML dev on NixOS since i cant use pip.

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That’s not true, you can, you just have to patch it. Also, I suggest moving to uv as it’s leagues better than pip. Here’s an example project I’m using that with: https://github.com/Michael-C-Buckley/cacheguard.

I use direnv + uv to handle all my deps in a painless, streamlined manner. I did not commit the .envrc but I have what i used referenced in .config/README.md. Pip could be similarly patched.

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You can also use pip by creating a venv ( venv — Creation of virtual environments — Python 3.14.2 documentation )

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i tried that when i was gonna use the script to train my model but that failed brutally

my system crashed , this was like a few months ago

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Hmmm, that sounds like another issue, perhaps OOM killer striking?

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idk man idk what happened

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I made a short video about using Python via Nix. uv seems cute, but Nix solves a much larger surface area