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Nixcademy Blog
Company blog · nixcademy.com/postsprogrammingsystems
Nixcademy Blog is the company blog at nixcademy.com, writing about programming and systems. Since 2023, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts cover Nix on macOS and installing NixOS declaratively, and one covers NixOS integration testing. The comments link them as references rather than judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-10-24
- Running NixOS from any Linux Distro in systemd-nspawn Containers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-30
- Separation of Concerns in Cross-Compilation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-31
- Setting Up Nix on macOS2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-15
What Hacker News says?
I've been using Nix on macOS for almost a year. The good (and bad) thing about Nix is that it supports many different use cases, so you have to spend some time understanding the options before you can even figure out which flavor to install. A good way to get started is to start using Nix to replace/supplement Homebrew. You can install Nix in addition to Homebrew and have some packages installed by one and some by t…
Comment linking /posts/macos-linux-builder/
on “M4 Mac mini's efficiency”Submitted Demonstrably Secure Software Supply Chains with Nix as a story · 118 points
HN discussion> I had _guessed_ that something like the "Building your own installer" section would work, but because of the nature of Nix I never really feel 100% confident that something is gonna work as I hope until I physically try it. Usually it does. One of the most underrated features of Nix imo is the testing story. You absolutely can be confident that something will work! https://nixcademy.com/posts/nixos-integration-tes…
Comment linking /posts/nixos-integration-tests/
on “How I like to install NixOS (declaratively)”Submitted Going declarative on macOS with Nix and Nix-Darwin as a story · 91 points
HN discussionSubmitted Separation of Concerns in Cross-Compilation as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ekapkgs, a poly-repo fork of Nixpkgs as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting Up Nix on macOS as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-growing NixOS appliance images with systemd-repart as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mastering Nixpkgs Overlays: Techniques and Best Practice as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting Up Nix on macOS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Run NixOS Integration Tests on macOS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Test Your Apps and Services with GitHub Actions Quickly and for Free as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Separation of Concerns in Cross-Compilation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 2) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted C++ with Nix in 2023, Part 2: Package Generation and Cross-Compilation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted C++ with Nix in 2023, Part 1: Developer Shells as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unveiling the Power of the NixOS Integration Test Driver (Part 1) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Running NixOS from any Linux Distro in systemd-nspawn Containers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Running NixOS from any Linux Distro in systemd-nspawn Containers as a story · 1 points
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