This project is intended to be a simple entry-point to Nix basics for mere mortals. Nix tutorials are seemingly abundant as is, but I just wanted a way to play with Nix (the language, specifically) from any machine with a web browser.
Please feel free to suggest more features!
Running alpine? It’d be nice if it were a pure nixos base- that way you can also play with system config.
If you are just interested in having a nix installation with a repl, repl.it might be of interest to you (which even has a nix backend!)
Yes! My goal is “full-stack” Nix on Codespaces, but alpine gets me halfway for now. I don’t yet know how I will achieve this, but I like to think it’s only a matter of time given my unreasonably-determined willpower.
I often work in a Windows environment so this browser approach keeps me sane during business hours. I’m a big fan of repl.it but I hadn’t considered it as a conceptual competitor to Codespaces, so I’ll play with it and see what sparks 🤙🏼Thanks!