Julia Evans notes on using nix

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/28/some-notes-on-using-nix/

She is author of Wizardzines, (ie. Why Containers?)

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Hopefully expect a nix Wizardzine soon!

The part about libpaper is wrong though. When building paperjam she’s just using libpaper from nixpkgs, which is perfectly fine. If anyone has a way to get in touch with her, that might be an idea if she has a large audience.

Told her:

Follow up:
https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/03/03/how-do-nix-builds-work-/

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