Where did the 'Pill' in the Nix Pills series come from?

Help
1

This occasionally comes up when I introduce someone new to nix.

2

I’d speculate it to be a reference to “taking the red pill” from The Matrix?

1 Like
3

The posts are meant to be small and easy to swallow like a pill:

The following is a description of Nix. Just as with pills, I’ll try to be as short as possible.

https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/why-you-should-give-it-a-try.html#idm140737316710064

9 Likes
4

Honestly, it’s super weird and a good example how being cute in technical writing is not a good idea.