# \[survey\] how are you using flakes today?

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/survey-how-are-you-using-flakes-today/15494
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/survey-how-are-you-using-flakes-today/15494 "2021-10-14T16:37:56Z")
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### Author: ![toraritte](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/toraritte/32/6777_2.png) [@toraritte](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/toraritte)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/survey-how-are-you-using-flakes-today/15494/5 "2021-10-17T14:56:41Z")

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(Sorry for hijacking this thread with the sandboxing topic; these should probably be moved [here](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/what-is-sandboxing-and-what-does-it-entail/15533))

> [@kamadorueda](#):
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> (How to do a pip/npm/ruby-gem install if you don’t have access to the internet).

Thank you for the detailed explanation, and this aside made your reasoning instantly click for me; not sure why I didn’t think about it as I have been struggling with npm, Elixir/Erlang’s mix, etc. as well.

> [@kamadorueda](#):
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> the bug was directly on the Nix binary

Thanks for the clarification! Totally misinterpreted your initial post.

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