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y|sndr blog
Personal blog · blog.ysndr.de/postsprogrammingsystems
y|sndr blog is a personal blog at blog.ysndr.de about programming and systems. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Rust as a Platform for IoT”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on Nix, a gentle introduction to the package manager, and on Git notes. Comments compare Nix with environment modules and describe GitHub wikis, without judging the posts.
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.
A blog about nix, rust, haskell and more
Most-linked posts?
- Rust as a Platform for IoT2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-16
- Building with Nix Flakes for, eh –. reasons2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-02
- One too many shell: Clearing up with Nix' shells Nix shell and Nix-shell2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-08
What Hacker News says?
Modules imperatively modify the current (shell) environment (PATH and other variables) but you've to install anything required by modulefiles yourself. Nix handles package management and also allows you to declaratively create an environment to which you enter. For example `module load gcc` will bring gcc to your environment but it must already be installed by the administrator. On the other hand on Nix, you can eit…
Comment linking /posts/guides/2021-12-01-nix-shells/
on “Zero to Nix, an unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduction to Nix”Submitted The Rust Build System as a story · 2 points
HN discussionGitHub wikis are already accessible over Git in a separate repo, as advertised via the “Clone this wiki locally” sidebar link: e.g. the wiki accessible at https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki can be cloned from https://github.com/swaywm/sway.wiki . (Of course, people have also made a variety of Git-based Web authoring tools spanning from CMSes to wikis, but I can’t say I’ve seen one that really worked out—Git’s capab…
Comment linking /posts/internals/2021-01-01-flake-ification/
on “Git Notes: Git's Coolest, Most Unloved Feature”Submitted Rust as a Platform for IoT as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rust as a Platform for IoT as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building with Nix Flakes for, eh –. reasons as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted One too many shell: Clearing up with Nix' shells Nix shell and Nix-shell as a story · 1 points
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