In 2023, you shouldn’t be using nix-env or niv or shell.nix but rather just use Nix Flakes. It’s listed in the notes but this has long been where everyone has moved for a couple of years now (why it’s still “experimental” is a different question). If this is “Nix-powered”, why is everything done in the mutable shell instead of actually setting up the pure derivation so others can consume the build? Looking at opam-nix from Tweag might be a better route here. Also, why would anyone put a text editor in their devShell?
Question to others: as someone with Nix experience and interested in learning OCaml but hasn’t quite bit the bullet, what does dune actually offer me if I’m using Nix to manage dependencies already? It feels like adding an unnecessary layer of LISP when Nix and opam should already cover everything.
Question to others: as someone with Nix experience and interested in learning OCaml but hasn’t quite bit the bullet, what does dune actually offer me if I’m using Nix to manage dependencies already? It feels like adding an unnecessary layer of LISP when Nix and opam should already cover everything.