# NixOS Weekly #13 - NixOS 19.09 release, cache.nixos.org improvements, github actions for Nix, a number of talks

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-weekly-13-nixos-19-09-release-cache-nixos-org-improvements-github-actions-for-nix-a-number-of-talks/4322
**Category:** NixOS Weekly
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-weekly-13-nixos-19-09-release-cache-nixos-org-improvements-github-actions-for-nix-a-number-of-talks/4322 "2019-10-10T11:52:19Z")
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#### Post date: [October 10, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-weekly-13-nixos-19-09-release-cache-nixos-org-improvements-github-actions-for-nix-a-number-of-talks/4322/1 "2019-10-10T11:52:19Z")

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# News

- [NixOS 19.09 released](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-19-09-release/4306)

- [ociTools in NixOS](https://spacekookie.de/blog/ocitools-in-nixos/)  
Katharina explains her recently merged Open Container Initiative support in NixOS.

- [Industrial-strength Deployments in Three Commands](https://vaibhavsagar.com/blog/2019/08/22/industrial-strength-deployments/)  
Vaibhav demonstrates how NixOps works by implementing a small deploy script from scratch.

- [nix-emacs-ci](https://github.com/purcell/nix-emacs-ci)  
Emacs installations for continuous integration

- [Setting up a Custom Nix Channel](https://savanni.luminescent-dreams.com/2019/09/13/nix-channel/)

- [How to put your /nix directory on a separate device](https://cs-syd.eu/posts/2019-09-14-nix-on-seperate-device)

- [Strange Loop 2019: “Functional DevOps in a Dysfunctional World” by Vaibhav Sagar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTsrF9_zi0)

- [NixOS binary cache improvements](https://www.notion.so/Cache-Work-db97de6ab19b4d7ab9f4a60cb4cdaaf0)

- [Mobile NixOS Development Log (2)](https://samuel.dionne-riel.com/blog/2019/09/25/mobile-nixos-development-log-2.html)

- [All Systems Go!: “Purely Functional Package Management” by Franz Pletz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBsUPRHIKI)

- [Post-mortem on recent Cachix downtime](https://blog.hercules-ci.com/2019/09/30/recent-cachix-downtime/)  
On 6th of September, Cachix experienced 3 hours of downtime.

- [Cachix & Nix Install actions for GitHub](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cachix-nix-install-actions-for-github/4242)  
Start using GitHub Actions with Nix&Cachix with a simple snippet of YAML.

- [Hercules CI Agent 0.5.0 with Terraform support and simpler configuration](https://blog.hercules-ci.com/2019/10/07/agent-0.5.0-more-terraform-less-configuration/)  
Hercules CI Agent can now be deployed with terraform with only a few steps.

- [RFC 0052 FCP, Away from static IDs](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/52)  
The Final Comment Period for RFC 0052 has started and, barring any blocking issues, will be merged after 2019-10-18. Your opinions, comments, and approvals are welcome!

- [Tekton Pipelines - the Nix way](https://lewo.abesis.fr/posts/2019-09-30-tekton-pipelines-the-nix-way.html)  
Building Docker images from Nix expressions in a Kubernetes cluster with the Tekton Pipeline project.

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