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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026284 stories
Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS↗ dawo.community · HN · 581 comments · 1010 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns↗ codeberg.org · HN · 408 comments · 734 points · Sep 05, 2026
The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded↗ discourse.nixos.org · HN · 216 comments · 406 points · Aug 08, 2026
Why I love NixOS↗ birkey.co · HN · 313 comments · 446 points · Mar 22, 2026
Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User↗ nemin.hu · HN · 108 comments · 199 points · Jan 31, 2026
2025376 stories
LearnixOS↗ learnix-os.com · HN · 109 comments · 273 points · Dec 26, 2025
Pwning the Nix ecosystem↗ ptrpa.ws · HN · 68 comments · 292 points · Oct 15, 2025
Why We're Moving on from Nix↗ blog.railway.com · HN · 136 comments · 275 points · Jun 07, 2025
NixOS and reproducible builds could have detected the xz backdoor↗ luj.fr · HN · 128 comments · 280 points · Mar 22, 2025
Nix – Death by a Thousand Cuts↗ dgt.is · HN · 328 comments · 348 points · Jan 11, 2025
2024395 stories
SnowflakeOS: Beginner friendly and GUI focused NixOS variant↗ snowflakeos.org · HN · 166 comments · 215 points · Jul 31, 2024
Fusion – A hobby OS implemented in Nim↗ github.com · HN · 107 comments · 360 points · Jul 14, 2024
Nix is a better Docker image builder than Docker's image builder↗ xeiaso.net · HN · 303 comments · 484 points · Mar 15, 2024
Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix↗ github.com · HN · 192 comments · 382 points · Mar 13, 2024
"If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"↗ nitter.d420.de · HN · 359 comments · 503 points · Jan 28, 2024
2023393 stories
NixOS Reproducible Builds: minimal ISO successfully independently rebuilt↗ discourse.nixos.org · HN · 4 comments · 47 points · Oct 29, 2023
NixOS RFC 136 approved: A plan to stabilize the new CLI and Flakes incrementally↗ github.com · HN · 9 comments · 41 points · Aug 13, 2023
RIP Nitter↗ github.com · HN · 13 comments · 48 points · Jun 30, 2023
I use Nix and make(1) to develop↗ glorifiedgluer.com · HN · 29 comments · 30 points · Apr 24, 2023
Zero to Nix, an unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduction to Nix↗ zero-to-nix.com · HN · 7 comments · 44 points · Jan 23, 2023
2022328 stories
Devenv.sh: Fast and reproducible developer environments using Nix↗ devenv.sh · HN · 156 comments · 379 points · Nov 18, 2022
Nushell: Introduction to a new kind of shell↗ dataswamp.org · HN · 247 comments · 319 points · Nov 01, 2022
Nix: Taming Unix with Functional Programming↗ tweag.io · HN · 202 comments · 288 points · Aug 05, 2022
Nix: An idea whose time has come↗ revelry.co · HN · 307 comments · 310 points · Feb 18, 2022
The Curse of NixOS↗ blog.wesleyac.com · HN · 353 comments · 583 points · Jan 24, 2022
2021207 stories
NixOS on Framework Laptop↗ kvark.github.io · HN · 245 comments · 358 points · Oct 17, 2021
macOS Nix setup: an alternative to Homebrew (2020)↗ wickedchicken.github.io · HN · 260 comments · 528 points · Jul 13, 2021
Nixos-unstable’s ISO_minimal.x86_64-Linux is 100% reproducible↗ discourse.nixos.org · HN · 225 comments · 778 points · Jun 20, 2021
GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell↗ github.com · HN · 398 comments · 763 points · Jun 16, 2021
Nix is the ultimate DevOps toolkit↗ tech.channable.com · HN · 235 comments · 383 points · Apr 09, 2021
2020177 stories
Show HN: IHP, a batteries-included web framework built on Haskell and Nix↗ ihp.digitallyinduced.com · HN · 70 comments · 280 points · Jun 23, 2020
What Is Nix?↗ engineering.shopify.com · HN · 333 comments · 598 points · May 20, 2020
My NixOS Desktop Flow↗ christine.website · HN · 243 comments · 280 points · Apr 26, 2020
My experience with NixOS↗ blog.patchgirl.io · HN · 92 comments · 289 points · Apr 15, 2020
Nim 1.2↗ nim-lang.org · HN · 128 comments · 358 points · Apr 03, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS↗ dawo.community · HN · 581 comments · 1010 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns↗ codeberg.org · HN · 408 comments · 734 points · Sep 05, 2026
Swap, ZRAM, Zswap and Hibernate on NixOS↗ blog.matthewbrunelle.com · HN · 27 comments · 78 points · Sep 23, 2026
The Netherlands Built a Nix-Basd Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC↗ itsfoss.com · HN · 14 comments · 30 points · Sep 25, 2026
Switching to GNU Guix: A Beginner's Perspective↗ whhone.com · HN · 0 comments · 52 points · Sep 13, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS↗ dawo.community · HN · 581 comments · 1010 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns↗ codeberg.org · HN · 408 comments · 734 points · Sep 05, 2026
One Nix flake to rule them all↗ fzakaria.com · HN · 13 comments · 92 points · Aug 30, 2026
Swap, ZRAM, Zswap and Hibernate on NixOS↗ blog.matthewbrunelle.com · HN · 27 comments · 78 points · Sep 23, 2026
Switching to GNU Guix: A Beginner's Perspective↗ whhone.com · HN · 0 comments · 52 points · Sep 13, 2026
Any Nix package, live in the browser↗ fzakaria.com · HN · 20 comments · 48 points · Sep 06, 2026
The Netherlands Built a Nix-Basd Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC↗ itsfoss.com · HN · 14 comments · 30 points · Sep 25, 2026
Any Nix package, live in your browser↗ fzakaria.com · HN · 2 comments · 13 points · Sep 06, 2026
Every package is already installed↗ fzakaria.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 25, 2026
DHH's Omarchy Considering Replacing Arch/AUR with Nix↗ github.com · HN · 20 comments · 6 points · Sep 09, 2026

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