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diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/caffeine.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/caffeine.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9c3dbac0f120..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/caffeine.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Caffeine" -date: 2020-03-11T22:50:40Z -draft: true ---- diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/cell-phone-experiment.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/cell-phone-experiment.md deleted file mode 100644 index 550ba4865ee0..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/cell-phone-experiment.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,280 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Cell Phone Experiment" -date: 2020-04-02T02:02:07Z -draft: false ---- - -### TL;DR - -I will not use my cell phone during March to learn more about how much I depend -on it. - -### Explore/Exploit - -Ever since I read Charles Duhigg's book, [The Power of Habit](poh), I try to -habituate as many aspects of my life as I can. - -Making my bed every morning is an example of a habit -- so too is flossing at -night before bed. - -The *exploit* axis of the [explore/exploit tradeoff](exp-exp) endows habits with -their power. Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths explain this concept more clearly -than I can in Chapter 2 of their exceptional book, [Algorithms to Live -By](algos). - -Habits are powerful, but if I overly exploit an activity, I may settle on a -local optimum in lieu of settling on a global optimum; these are the opportunity -costs of exploiting (i.e. habits) versus exploring (i.e. spontaneity). - -But what if it was possible to habituate exploration? - -### Monthly challenges - -Every month since October 2018, I challenge myself to try something new. In the -past, monthly challenges have been things like: -- sign up and take Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes -- buy a guitar and learn [Freight Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU) -- study Italian -- learn a handstand - -Typically for an activity to qualify as a challenge, I must spend *at least -fifteen minutes* working on it *at least five days* each week. - -This month (i.e. March) I'm challenging myself to avoid using my cell phone. - -My parents gave me a cell phone when when I was a freshman in High School; I was -14 years old. I am now 28, so I have been using a cell phone semi-daily for over -a decade. - -While I enjoy the convenience that my cell phone provides me, I am curious to -suspend my usage to more clearly understand how much I depend on it... - -### April - -Now it is early April, and I completed March's challenge. So how was it? - -Below I outline the parts of using a cell phone that I missed and the parts that -I surprisingly did not miss. I will also mention the two times that I used my -cell phone and why. - -The first three things that I missed all relate to time. - -#### Timekeeping - -On the first day I realized that unless I was near a computer, I did not know -what time it was. - -I exclusively use my cell phone as my watch; I do not wear a watch. To adapt, I -started looking for clocks around my office and while I was taking public -transportation. Thankfully London posts the current time on the digital train -schedules. This oriented me while I was traveling, which was also when I needed -to know the time the most. - -Most of the month, however, I never precisely knew what time it was. - -#### Alarm clocks - -While I anticipated living without an alarm clock prior to the experiment, I -decided against buying a substitute. Prior to this month, I theorized that -morning alarms probably disrupt the quality of my sleep. If I'm tired, shouldn't -I keep sleeping? - -As the month progressed and my 24 hour day morphed into a 25 hour day, I learned -that I would prefer waking up at a set time every day and synchronize my -schedule with the rest of my timezone. - -I am still unsure if alarm clocks are helpful in the long-term. I would have -slept with the curtains drawn to allow the morning sun to wake me -up. Unfortunately, I live on the ground floor nearby a brightly shining street -lamp that spills into my bedroom. - -If I lived somewhere more remote (perhaps even a suburb would do) I would like -to repeat an experiment where I live for a month without an alarm clock. - -For now, I must return to the Temple of Chronology and supplicate until Father -Time restores my sanity. - -#### Timers - -Using timers motivates me to do a bunch of short tasks like cleaning my flat for -fifteen minutes, stretching, or reading before bed. Thankfully, I already owned -a physical timer that I keep in my kitchen. This replaced the timer on my phone -without disrupting my routine. - -#### Maps - -Speaking of being disoriented, what about living without maps software? On the -few occasions where I traveled somewhere that was unfamiliar to me, I had to -memorize the directions from my computer before I departed. - -At least I didn't need to visit gas stations or museums to buy trifold tourist -maps... - -I once left my office mistakenly assuming that I would download the directions -to my destination while commuting. As I awaited the office elevator, I realized -that I had no clue where I was heading. - -Thankfully I wasn't far from the safety, comfort, and familiarity of my desktop -computer -- with its fatty WiFi connection. In no time I was studying Google -Maps in my web browser and memorizing the directions. - -Overall this was hardly an inconvenience, and I think I even enjoyed -stress-testing my memory: a job that I so often outsource to hardware. - -#### Rendezvouses - -A couple of times I met friends in various parts of the city. Organizing these -particular rendezvouses was a novel (read: anachronistic) experience. For all -you young whippersnappers reading, take out your stone tablets and chisels. I'm -going to explain how this works: - -First I would tell my friends where and when to meet me. I emphasized that I -would be quite helpless to any changes they might make to the plans once I began -commuting, which made the commitments unusually more binding. - -On one occasion my friend -- who is characteristically prompt, and even chides -me for when I'm late -- was twenty minutes late for our engagement. My friend is -German, so I figured I should do my civic duty of alerting the German embassy -that my friend had broken German code, is obscenely late, and should therefore -hand-in his passport and renounce his citizenship. After awhile my conscience -advised me to reconsider. - -It was fortunate for both of us that I did not fully understand how late he was. -Remember: I didn't know what time it was. - -I decided this would be a useful opportunity to test my patience, so I loitered -for twenty minutes outside of our meeting point. He couldn't text me to tell me -that he was late. I couldn't listen to music, call family or friends, or partake -in any of the other rituals that modern-day loiterers observe to pass the -time. In the end he showed up, and it was scarcely a big deal. - -This experience made me wonder what the policy for abandoning plans is when -someone is running late. Before smart phones, how long did people wait? Maybe -the proper etiquette is to wait long enough for you to absolve yourself of the -guilt of flaking in the unlikely event that your friend arrives shortly after -you leave. - -So... thirty minutes? I'll call my grandma tomorrow and ask her. - -#### Boredom - -My phone couldn't entertain me while I queued at the grocery store. Same too -when I commuted. - -I also found myself listening to less music than I usually do. I decided to read -to occupy the void when I could; this helped me progress towards completing this -year's [GoodReads challenge][gr-annual]. - -### Cheating - -I used my phone twice during March. - -1. Once to use my bank's mobile app to internationally transfer money from my - U.K. account to my U.S. account. I could have used [TransferWise's][tw] - website, but I didn't. -2. Another time I used my phone to take pictures of an item that I wanted to - sell on [CraigsList][cl]. I could have and perhaps should have used my laptop's - webcam, but at the time, I didn't want to. I am accustomed to using my phone - to take pictures, and I wanted to sell something. - -In both of these cases, prior habits eroded my resolve to stay the course. These -are useful reminders that habits don't distinguish between helpful and hurtful; -they just exist. - -In total I would estimate that I spent somewhere around fifteen minutes using -my phone in March. While not perfect: - -> Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without (Confucius) - -### Substitution = Dilution - -While the explicit goal of this challenge was to avoid using my cell phone for a -month, the implicit goal was to disengage from many of the -[nonessential][essentialism] activities that compete for my attention. - -There were some activities that I didn't miss while living without a cell -phone. This wasn't because I don't value these activities, but rather because I -can adequately replace them with alternatives. - -For texting and making phone calls, I used [Telegram][wtf-telegram]. Telegram -helped me sustain a healthy relationship with my girlfriend while still honoring -the constraints of the challenge. - -While I appreciated the convenience Telegram provided, I felt that I remained -about as [available][wtf-availability] during March as I was in February. If I -ever experiment with drastically reducing my availability, I will be more -explicit about my objectives. - -### Distraction displacement (whack-a-mole) - -Because cell phones and other electronics have conditioned my behavior, I -habitually avoid boredom and seek entertainment. On its face this may not sound -like a harmful practice. My generation drills the aphorism "you only live once", -suggesting that we may want to embrace a Hedonistic lifestyle. - -Hedonism may or may not be a wise way to play the game of Life. All I know is -that living a life in which I am often stimulated but proportionately distracted -appeals increasingly less to me as time progresses. - -During March I noticed that once I freed my attention from sending/receiving -texts, my brain quickly reassigned my attention to maintaining a vigil over the -other social media outposts that I maintain. - -I should also admit that I habitually checked Telegram now that it served as my -new cell phone. Didn't see that coming... - -In another case, once I discovered that I could use Instagram in a web browser -instead of on my phone, I filled my newfound time and attention on -[Instagram.com][ig] (don't click!): displacing the time that I spent on an app -on my phone to time that I spent on a website in a web browser. - -Holy whack-a-mole! - -Halfway through the month, I wrote a [program to block websites][url-blocker] on -my computer. Surprisingly this worked and forced me to more deliberately fill -this hard-fought, foreign time with other activities. - -### Easy come, easy go? - -As the saying for making friends goes, "easy come, easy go", implying that -friendships that you easily form can just as easily be destroyed. - -Habits invert this creation/destruction relationship. In my experience "easy -come" implies "difficult to go". - -For example, I could easily form the habit of eating chocolate around 15:00 at -work; curbing this habit would require more effort. When I compare this to the -difficulty I experienced habituating a meditation practice, and how easily I -can dislodge my meditation practice, it seems to me that the laws of habits -dictate "easy come, difficult go; difficult come, easy go". - -I suspect that while my cravings for using a cell phone have temporarily ceased, -they will return shortly after I start using my cell phone. And as if nothing -happened, I return to where I was at the end of February just before I decided -to curb my cell phone usage. - -Because of this, I'm planning on keeping my cell phone in my closet where I -stored it during the month of March. As noted, enough substitutes exist for me -to live a mostly normal life: one where I am not unnecessarily straining the -relationships of my friends and my family. After all these are the people who -matter most to me and those who drive me to explore new ways to improve. - -I recognize that the "self" in self-experimentation is a misnomer. Can you truly -conduct an [N of 1 trial][nof1]? My decisions impact the people in my life, and -I want to thank everyone who tolerates my eccentric and oftentimes annoying -experimentation. - -Thank you for reading. - -[pod]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609433-the-power-of-habit -[exp-exp]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit -[algos]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25666050-algorithms-to-live-by -[gr-annual]: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/19737920 -[cl]: http://craigslist.com -[tw]: https://transferwise.com -[url-blocker]: https://github.com/wpcarro/url-blocker -[wtf-telegram]: https://telegram.org -[wtf-availability]: https://landing.google.com/sre/sre-book/chapters/availability-table -[essentialism]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18077875-essentialism -[ig]: https://instagram.com -[nof1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_of_1_trial diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-caching.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-caching.md deleted file mode 100644 index a436d4de25eb..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-caching.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Lets Learn Nix Caching" -date: 2020-03-17T18:05:38Z -draft: true ---- - -## TL;DR - -1. I use `NixOS/nixpkgs-channels` instead of `NixOS/nixpkgs` and avoid - `nix-channel`. - -## More information - -- By default the Nix package manager uses cache.nixos.org as a binary cache. -- Visit status.nixos.org -- `git clone git@github.com:NixOS/nixpkgs-channels` instead of - `NixOS/nixpkgs`. The former mirrors the latter and uses Git branches to track - the published channels. - -## What is a Nix channel - -If you run... - -```shell -$ git clone git@github.com:NixOS/nixpkgs ~/nixpkgs -$ export NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=$(realpath ~/nixpkgs)" -``` - -One benefit to cloning nixpkgs is that you can browse the source code on your -machine using tools like `git` and `emacs`. You can also experimentally patch -and test Nix code this way. - -If any of the above appeals to you, clone `nixpkgs-channels` instead. - -The Nix maintainers build and test the commits from `nixpkgs` using Hydra. Tests -include reproducibility tests, etc. - -Various channels have different verification phases. - -The cache at cache.nixos.org is populate the cache at cache.nixos.org. - -You want to increase the likelihood that you are hitting this cache. For -example, `google-chrome` takes hours to build. - -## What is a binary cache? - -## What is Hydra (Nix CI)? - -## What is Cachix? diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-determinism-vs-reproducibility.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-determinism-vs-reproducibility.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2e12a6b06fcc..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-determinism-vs-reproducibility.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,121 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Lets Learn Nix: Reproducibility" -date: 2020-03-17T12:06:47Z -draft: true ---- - -I am dedicating this page to defining and disambiguating some terminology. I -think it is important to use these terms precisely, so it may be worthwhile to -memorize these definitions and ensure that you are clarifying the discourse -rather than muddying it. - -## Terms - -- repeatable build: -- reproducible build: -- deterministic build: -- pure function: -- impure function: -- idempotent function: - -TODO(wpcarro): Consistently and deliberately use reproducible and -deterministic. - -## Repeatable vs. Reproducible - -Is NixOS reproducible? Visit [@grhmc][who-grhmc]'s website, -[r13y.com](https://r13y.com), to find out. - -At the time of this writing, 1519 of 1568 (i.e. 96.9%) of the paths in the -`nixos.iso_minimal.x86_64-linux` installation image are reproducible. - -## What hinders reproducibility? - -Timestamps. - -If package A encodes a timestamp into its build artifact, then we can -demonstrate that package A is *not reproducible* simply by building it at two -different times and doing a byte-for-byte comparison of the build artifacts. - -## Does Nix protect developers against non-determinism - -Yes. But not entirely. How? - -## Deterministic Nix derivation - -```nix -{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, ... }: - -with pkgs; - -stdenv.mkDerivation { - name = "reproducible"; - phases = [ "buildPhase" ]; - buildPhase = "echo reproducible >$out"; -} -``` - -## Non-deterministic Nix derivation - -We can introduce some non-determinism into our build using the `date` function. - -```nix -# file: /tmp/test.nix -{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, ... }: - -with pkgs; - -stdenv.mkDerivation { - name = "non-reproducible"; - phases = [ "buildPhase" ]; - buildPhase = "date >$out"; -} -``` - -Then run... - -```shell -$ nix-build /tmp/test.nix -$ nix-build /tmp/test.nix --check --keep-failed -``` - -## How do you test reproducibility? - -We can use `cmp` to compare files byte-for-byte. The following comparison should -fail: - -```shell -$ echo foo >/tmp/a -$ echo bar >/tmp/b -$ cmp --silent /tmp/{a,b} -$ echo $? -``` - -And the following comparison should succeed: - -```shell -$ echo hello >/tmp/a -$ echo hello >/tmp/b -$ cmp --silent /tmp/{a,b} -$ echo $? -``` - -## Reproducible vs. deterministic - -Reproducible builds *are* deterministic builds and deterministic build - -## Deterministic, Reproducible, Pure, Idempotent, oh my - -- A pure function has no side-effects. - -- An idempotent function can be executed more than once with the same arguments - without altering the side-effects. - -- A deterministic function ensures that - -## Deterministic vs. Reproducible - -I can check if a build is reproducible using [these tools][wtf-repro-tools]. - -[wtf-repro-tools]: https://reproducible-builds.org/tools/ -[who-grhmc]: https://twitter.com/grhmc diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-dotfiles.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-dotfiles.md deleted file mode 100644 index 084fb19e4406..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-dotfiles.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,401 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Let's Learn Nix: Dotfiles" -date: 2020-03-13T22:23:02Z -draft: true ---- - -## Let's Learn Nix: Dotfiles - -### Dependencies - -Speaking of dependencies, here's what you should know before reading this tutorial. - -- Basic Nix syntax: Nix 1p - -What version of Nix are we using? What version of `<nixpkgs>` are we using? What -operating system are we using? So many variables... - -Cartesian product of all possibilities... - -TODO(wpcarro): Create a graphic of the options. - -### The problems of dotfiles - -How do you manage your dependencies? - -You can use `stow` to install the dotfiles. - -### home-manager - -What we are going to write is most likely less preferable to the following -alternatives: -- using Nix home-manager -- committing your `.gitconfig` into your - -In the next tutorial, we will use [home-manager][wtf-home-mgr] to replace the -functionality that we wrote. - -So why bother completing this? - -### Let's begin - -Welcome to the first tutorial in the [Let's Learn Nix][wtf-lln] series. Today we -are going to create a Nix derivation for one of your dotfiles. - -"Dotfiles" refers to a user's collection of configuration files. Typically these -files look like: -- `.vimrc` -- `.xsessionrc` -- `.bashrc` - -The leading "dot" at the beginning gives dotfiles their name. - -You probably have amassed a collection of dotfiles whether or not you are -aware. For example, if you use [git][wtf-git], the file `~/.gitconfig` should -exist on your machine. You can verify this with: - -```shell -$ stat ~/.gitconfig -``` - -When I was first learning `git`, I learned to configure it using commands I -found in books and tutorials that often looked like: - -```shell -$ git config user.email -``` - -The `~/.gitconfig` file on your machine may look something like this: - -```.gitconfig -[user] - name = John Cleese - email = john@flying-circus.com - username = jcleese -[core] - editor = emacs -[web] - browser = google-chrome -[rerere] - enabled = 1 - autoupdate = 1 -[push] - default = matching -[color] - ui = auto -[alias] - a = add --all - ai = add -i - b = branch - cl = clone - cp = cherry-pick - d = diff - fo = fetch origin - lg = log --oneline --graph --decorate - ps = push - pb = pull --rebase - s = status -``` - -As I ran increasingly more `git config` commands to configure my `git` -preferences, the size of my `.gitconfig` increased, and the less likely I was to -remember which options I set to which values. - -Thankfully a coworker at the time, Ryan ([@rschmukler][who-ryan]), told me that -he version-controlled his `.gitconfig` file along with his other configuration -files (e.g. `.vimrc`) in a repository he called "dotfiles". - -Version-controlling your dotfiles improves upon a workflow where you have a -variety of configuration files scattered around your machine. - -If you look at the above `.gitconfig`, can you spot the dependencies? - -We explicitly depend `emacs` and `google-chrome`. We also *implicitly* depend on -`git`: there is not much value of having a `.gitconfig` file if you also do not -have `git` installed on your machine. - -Dependencies: -- `emacs` -- `google-chrome` - -Let's use Nix to generate this `.gitconfig` file. Here is what I would like our -API to be: - -Let's create a file `gitconfig.nix` and build our function section-by-section: - -TODO(wpcarro): Link to sections here -- options.user -- options.core -- options.web -- options.rerere -- options.push -- options.color -- options.alias - -```shell -$ touch gitconfig.nix -``` - -### options.user - -```haskell -AttrSet -> String -``` - -```nix -user = { - name = "John Cleese"; - email = "john@flying-circus.com"; - username = "jcleese"; -}; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[user] - name = John Cleese - email = john@flying-circus.com - username = jcleese -``` - -### options.core - -```nix -core = { - editor = "${pkgs.emacs}/bin/emacs"; -}; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[core] - editor = /nix/store/<hash>-emacs-<version>/bin/emacs -``` - -### options.web - -```nix -web.browser = "${pkgs.google-chrome}/bin/google-chrome"; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[web] - browser = /nix/store/<hash>-google-chrome-<version>/bin/google-chrome -``` - -### options.rerere - -```nix -rerere = { - enabled = true; - autoupdate = true; -}; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[rerere] - enabled = 1 - autoupdate = 1 -``` - -### options.push - -```nix -push.default = "matching"; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[push] - default = matching -``` - -### options.color - -```nix -color.ui = "auto"; -``` - -```.gitconfig -[color] - ui = auto -``` - -We need to define a function named `gitconfig` that creates a Nix [derivation][wtf-derivation]: - -```nix -# file: gitconfig.nix -let - # Import the <nixpkgs> package repository. - pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}; - - # Stringify the attribute set, `xs`, as a multilined string formatted as "<key> = <value>". - # See attrsets.nix for more functions that work with attribute sets. - encodeAttrSet = xs: lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "${k} = ${v}") xs); - - # Define out function name `gitconfig` that accepts an `options` argument. - gitconfig = options: pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation { - # The gitconfig file that Nix builds will be located /nix/store/some-hash-gitconfig. - name = "gitconfig"; - src = pkgs.writeTextFile ".gitconfig" '' - [user] - name = ${options.user.name} - email = ${options.user.email} - username = ${options.user.username} - [core] - editor = ${options.core.editor} - [web] - editor = ${options.web.browser} - [rerere] - enabled = ${if options.rerere.enabled "1" else "0"} - autoupdate = ${if options.rerere.autoupdate "1" else "0"} - [push] - default = ${options.push.default} - [color] - ui = ${options.color.ui} - [alias] - ${encodeAttrSet options.aliases} - ''; - buildPhase = '' - ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp $src $out - ''; - installPhase = '' - ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -s $out ~/.gitconfig - ''; - }; -} in gitconfig { - user = { - name = "John Cleese"; - email = "john@flying-circus.com"; - username = "jcleese"; - }; - core = { - editor = "${pkgs.emacs}/bin/emacs"; - }; - web.browser = "${pkgs.google-chrome}/bin/google-chrome"; - rerere = { - enabled = true; - autoupdate = true; - }; - push.default = "matching"; - color.ui = "auto"; - aliases = { - a = "add --all"; - ai = "add -i"; - b = "branch"; - cl = "clone"; - cp = "cherry-pick"; - d = "diff"; - fo = "fetch origin"; - lg = "log --oneline --graph --decorate"; - ps = "push"; - pb = "pull --rebase"; - s = "status"; - }; -} -``` - -### options.alias - -We want to write a function that accepts an attribute set and returns a -string. While Nix is a dynamically typed programming language, thinking in types -helps me clarify what I'm trying to write. - -```haskell -encodeAttrSet :: AttrSet -> String -``` - -I prefer using a Haskell-inspired syntax for describing type signatures. Even if -you haven't written Haskell before, you may find the syntax intuitive. - -Here is a non comprehensive, but demonstrative list of example type signatures: -- `[String]`: A list of strings (i.e. `[ "cogito" "ergo" "sum" ]`) -- `AttrSet`: A nix attribute set (i.e. `{ name = "John Cleese"; age = 80; }`). -- `add :: Integer -> Integer -> Integer`: A function named `add` that accepts - two integers and returns an integer. - -Specifically, we want to make sure that when we call: - -```nix -encodeAttrSet { - a = "add --all"; - b = "branch"; -} -``` - -...it returns a string that looks like this: - -```.gitconfig -a = "add --all" -b = "branch" -``` - - -TODO(wpcarro): @tazjin's nix-1p mentions this. Link to it. -Nix has useful functions scattered all over the place: -- `lib.nix` -- `list.nix` -- `lib.attrSet` - -But I cannot recall exactly which functions we will need to write -`encodeAttrSet`. In these cases, I do the following: -1. Run `nix repl`. -2. Browse the Nix source code. - -Google "nix attribute sets" and find the Github link to `attrsets.nix`. - -You should consider repeating this search but instead of searching for -"attribute sets" search for "lists" and "strings". That is how I found the -functions needed to write `encodeAttrSet`. Let's return to our `nix repl`. - -Load the nixpkgs set: - -```nix -nix-repl> :l <nixpkgs> -Added 11484 variables. -``` - -Define a test input called `attrs`: - -```nix -nix-repl> attrs = { fname = "John"; lname = "Cleese"; } -``` - -Map the attribute set into `[String]` using `lib.mapAttrsToList`: - -```nix -nix-repl> lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "${k} = ${toString v}") attrs -[ "fname = John" "lname = Cleese" ] -``` - -Now join the `[String]` together using `lib.concatStringsSep`: - -```nix -nix-repl> lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "${k} = ${v}") attrs) -"fname = John\nlname = Cleese" -``` - -Now let's use this to define our function `encodeAttrSet`: - -```nix -# file: gitconfig.nix -encodeAttrSet = xs: lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "${k} = ${v}") xs); -``` - -### Using nixpkgs search - -[Nixpkgs search][wtf-nixpkgs-search]. - -### Conclusion - -We learned how to help ourselves. - -- Where does `emacs` exist? What about `google-chrome`? [nixpkgs search][wtf-nixpkgs-search] -- Verify that I have it? [nix REPL][using-nix-repl] - -We used Nix to create our first derivation. - -[wtf-lln]: /lets-learn-nix -[wtf-git]: https://git-scm.com/ -[wtf-derivation]: https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/our-first-derivation.html -[wtf-nixpkgs-search]: https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html?channel=nixos-19.09 -[using-nix-repl]: /using-the-nix-repl -[wtf-home-mgr]: https://github.com/rycee/home-manager -[who-ryan]: https://twitter.com/rschmukler diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-tutorial-reproducibility.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-tutorial-reproducibility.md deleted file mode 100644 index c80892164dbe..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix-tutorial-reproducibility.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Lets Learn Nix: Tutorial Reproducibility" -date: 2020-03-17T18:34:58Z -draft: true ---- - -## Install Nix - -Link to nixos page. - -## The rest - -Start with this... - -```shell -$ mkdir ~/lets-learn-nix -$ cd ~/lets-learn-nix -``` - -...done. Copy the following and paste it into a file name `shell.nix`. - -```nix -# file: shell.nix -let - pkgs = import (builtins.fetchGit { - url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels"; - ref = "refs/heads/nixos-19.09"; - }) {} -in pkgs.mkShell { - buildInputs = with pkgs; [ - git - ]; - NIX_PATH = "nixpkgs=${pkgs}"; -}; -``` - -...then... - -```shell -$ nix-shell -``` diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix.md deleted file mode 100644 index a7c9a22e422e..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/lets-learn-nix.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Lets Learn Nix" -date: 2020-03-13T21:50:47Z -draft: false ---- - -## Background - -[Nix][wtf-nix] may be the most useful tool that I use. I consider it as valuable -as [Git][wtf-git] or [Emacs][wtf-emacs]. My friend, David ([@dmjio][who-dmjio]), -first introduced me to Nix when we worked together at a Haskell startup in -NYC. Before this, I had been managing my system configuration using software -that I wrote -- first in Bash, then in Python, then in Golang. - -It took me awhile to understand Nix. I left the NYC startup, joined Google, and -relocated to London. Here I met another Nix-enlightened monk, Vincent -([@tazjin][who-tazjin]), who patiently taught me enough Nix to become -self-reliant and productive. - -Many resources exist to learn Nix; the Nix community on IRC continues to help me -and others effectively use Nix. I'm creating this series to write the tutorials -that I would have found useful when I started learning Nix. If you are just -beginning your Nix journey, I hope these tutorials help you. - -## Goals - -I aim to make each tutorial in the "Let's Learn Nix" series: -- Actionable: Readers will be writing code. -- Digestible: Readers should be able to finish each tutorial in fifteen minutes. -- Reproducible: Readers should expect the output of their code to match what - these tutorials claim they should see. - -## About the author - -My name is William ([@wpcarro][who-wpcarro]). My three favorite tools are Git, -Emacs, and Nix. I am an American expat currently working at Google in -London. While during the day I primarily write Java, Python, and TypeScript, I -prefer functional programming. I use Nix to deploy software and manage the -multiple machines across which I work. - -## Let's Begin - -Before we get started, Nix is a programming language. To familiarize yourself -with the syntax, semantics, and idioms, consider reading this brief [Nix One -Pager][nix-1p]. I recommend keeping it around as a reference. - -When I was first learning Nix, I wanted to use it to manage my dotfiles. Our -first tutorial will help you get started: [Let's Learn Nix: -Dotfiles][lln-dotfiles] - -[wtf-nix]: https://nixos.org -[wtf-git]: https://git-scm.com -[wtf-emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs -[who-dmjio]: https://twitter.com/dmjio -[who-tazjin]: https://twitter.com/tazjin -[who-wpcarro]: https://twitter.com/wpcarro -[lln-dotfiles]: /lets-learn-nix-dotfiles -[nix-1p]: https://github.com/tazjin/nix-1p diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/nix-and-hugo.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/nix-and-hugo.md deleted file mode 100644 index ff0fe70205da..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/nix-and-hugo.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Deploy Hugo blog with Nix" -date: 2020-03-11T18:42:32Z -draft: true ---- diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/self-hosting.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/self-hosting.md deleted file mode 100644 index 1705541d820c..000000000000 --- a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/content/english/self-hosting.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Self Hosting" -date: 2020-03-11T22:53:56Z -draft: true ---- - |