love this. We tried following the diataxis framework with the flox docs. I also agree that getting all the documentation in one place would be a huge boost to Nix.

regarding function docs, https://noogle.dev/ is a new search tool to that effect

I really needed this, thank you for sharing!

Nix, flox, and containers are best when used together.

Best seems to be when you can transition between various representations smoothly and intuitively; between iterative development, isolated builds, containers, deployment and so on. The design difficulty is how to craft a good user experience along the way.

We're always looking for better ways to tell this story; what would be a good way to demonstrate this value? what is a quick demo that would convey the message?

hi! Making Nix easier to use is one of our central goals. What problems could we help you solve?

The big one is repeatability of environments. Docker is OK, but it doesn't run well on Mac, and is pretty heavy.

Also, having the processes run on the host and filesystem is great for usability.

Agreed! flox environments are purpose-built for repeatability: Nix-based, versioned-controlled, shareable with others via git. Check out the docs https://floxdev.com/docs for how to get started with environments. We have a native Mac installer as well. We're also working on the ability to manage processes and services locally, stay tuned :)

Thanks for sharing and apologies, will work on improving the Windows / Edge experience. If you want to find out what flox is about, the docs are probably a better place: https://floxdev.com/docs

we wrote a post which may illustrate flox vs asdf https://floxdev.com/blog/asdf-migration

hey, flox person here, thanks for the kind words :)

> many different approaches and tools will be necessary to help discover and cover the different use-cases

this -- we're very excited to see the many experiments going on in the "Nix UX space". The more the merrier. While we do see significant opportunity to solve problems for enterprise, we designed the core flox CLI for anyone to use. And of course it can work with any flake you provide, from MyNixOS or elsewhere...

Looking forward to making it more public soon :)

Love the experiments coming out these days: this, flox, even Replit. All working on diff approaches to a "Nix UX". Someone's going to get it right...