I've been using nix before you could use AI to write ok code with it and it was a struggle knowing how to configure nix sometimes. Especially when dealing with less popular software which happens from time to time. Still stuck to it as I've felt that once it was working it was pretty amazing. But using Claude with nix is super cool. It's really good and I don't care much about the quality of my nix config at this point, it's just for me and I just want my computer to do what I want it to do and Claude can figure it out most of the time.
I tried using various configurations tools and to this day, unless it’s needed for a project, my strategy is “don’t bother”. When I use a program for a while, I backup the config somewhere and perhaps write a few notes, but my daily setup vary enough and last enough that I wouldn’t replicate it.
My mac setup hasn’t been replaced since 2021 or something, and it was copied from my old mac. I have a dotfiles git repo, which I drag around and have multiple branches for my daily driver. For temp setup, I just copy files and edit.
Heck i used Claude when it sucked just to ask it questions. It was wrong on 50% of the questions back then but it still was easier than randomly searching for the solutions. Claude helped unblock me when i got stuck on obtuse nix errors, foreign compilation issues, etc.
These days it's magical, but it was even a huge boon when it was barely functional. Nix just had a way of leaving me super confused and stranded.
My mac setup hasn’t been replaced since 2021 or something, and it was copied from my old mac. I have a dotfiles git repo, which I drag around and have multiple branches for my daily driver. For temp setup, I just copy files and edit.
These days it's magical, but it was even a huge boon when it was barely functional. Nix just had a way of leaving me super confused and stranded.