Rephrased (with not absolutely equivalent semantics):
- “NixOS for Home”
- “NixOS for Business”
Or still:
- “Nix for Home”
- “Nix for Business”
I got the impression in many recent and previous interactions, that many discussions tacitly lack sometimes clarity about the fundamental target use case: “Nix(OS) for Home” or “Nix(OS) for Business”.
Sometimes, it’s obvious, sometimes it’s less obvious. But the main question is: how often it’s actually conscientously and deliberately one thing or the other?
I think, the Nix Ecosystem would benefit from more prominent clarity in semantics.
Not only would discussion benefit, but also the comonalities and distinctive qualities of these use cases may help build better mental models and fuel the evolution of the Ecosystem.
Personally for example, my perspective is 90% of the time “for Business”. And it would probably help to not apply that mindset in a discussion or project that is clearly labeled “for Home”.
Equally, it might help consumers of the ecosystem to quickly find if any given tool or invention is suitable for their useage scenario.
If this idea enjoys momentum, one could even think of such pervasive application as to create official(ized) “Nix for Work” / “Nix for Home” repo badges and the like.
My 2 cents on the current nomenclature undertaking; I hope somebody from the doc team will advice me how to route this properly.