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I've been experimenting with @flox.dev for a project and its really nice! I've wanted to get into #nixos for a while and Flox simplifies Nix significantly. Next will be using it to replace homebrew for everything except casks. I'll probably also look to use it for a project at work. I'm sold!

19/12/24, 3:39 pm2 reposts6 likes

Kendall Morgan

@kendallmorgan.com

19 Dec 2024

In addition to the official docs these couple of videos helped me understand both Nix and Flox. Nix explained from the ground up: youtu.be/5D3nUU1OVx8?... Layering Up: Composable environments with flox: youtu.be/8TROzHJbgJY?...

youtu.beLayering Up: Composable environments with floxYouTube video by Southern California Linux Expo

Kendall Morgan

@kendallmorgan.com

23 Dec 2024

The only minor issue I am having with using @flox.dev to replace homebrew is that I have to reactivate my default environment each time I install a new tool.

tomberek.bsky.social

@tomberek.bsky.social

23 Dec 2024

Is it possible this is zsh's hash cache? Can confirm with `hash -r`, `rehash`, or `setopt nohashcmds`, `setopt nohashdirs`. If that is the issue, we should already be setting this for you on the first activation. Can you confirm this is the issue you see? Ref: zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/...

zsh.sourceforge.iozsh: 17 Shell Builtin Commandszsh: 17 Shell Builtin Commands

Kendall Morgan

@kendallmorgan.com

23 Dec 2024

That actually seemed to do the trick, thank you!

Zach Mitchell

@z-mitchell.bsky.social

20 Dec 2024

The bug I encountered in that video was all because I didn’t follow our own docs and left out some double quotes in my zshrc/bashrc 🤦‍♂️ Always happy to help if you have questions :)