Wombat's Book of Nix (more explain-y)

mhwombat · November 18, 2023, 9:46pm

Wombat’s Book of Nix

is free
has been expanded with new material, mostly Haskell stuff
can be read online
is also available in PDF

I regularly add new material, so check back periodically!

nixinator · November 18, 2023, 9:59pm

wow, that’s wombat-tastic.

bowmanjd · November 19, 2023, 1:52am

You really have a pleasant writing style, and I like how you build up from the basics. Thanks for sharing this!

mhwombat · November 19, 2023, 1:54am

Thank you so much for the kind words!

mhwombat · December 3, 2023, 8:19pm

I’ve added an extensive section on the Nix language to Wombat’s Book of Nix. It’s even explain-y-er now!

drupol · December 4, 2023, 4:33am

Nice!

You should make a full open-source book using typst !

mhwombat · September 2, 2025, 4:08pm

I’ve updated Wombat’s Book of Nix to show how to use nix shell in place of nix-shell, and added a few recipes. It’s even explain-y-er now!

mhwombat · September 15, 2025, 6:29pm

Wombat’s Book of Nix has been expanded again. Now with 30% more explain-y goodness! Loads of new flake recipes!

mhwombat · October 12, 2025, 9:22pm

Wombat’s Book of Nix has been expanded yet again! Now with 50% more explain-y goodness! Better and more in-depth explanations! I’ve also moved away from flake-utils. I explain in detail how to reduce duplicated code with out it, and I think the result is easier to understand and debug.