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# Nix development environments, for various languages # Nix development environments, for various languages
Those of us on NixOS never install language toolkits system-wide, unlike other distros. Those of us on NixOS never install language toolkits system-wide, unlike other distros. This means that when we
work on projects which expect you to bring your own language tools, we don't have things like `node`, `npm`, `cargo`, etc.
readily available in the shell.
Regrettably, many projects are not taking advantage of Nix for reproducible development environments. You should Regrettably, many projects are not taking advantage of Nix for reproducible development environments. You should
make a big fuss about this in every open source project you are a part of and constantly evangelize about Nix. make a big fuss about this in every open source project you are a part of and constantly evangelize about Nix.
Until Nix is universally adopted, this repository serves as a collection of flakes which provides compilers, Until Nix is universally adopted, this repository serves as a collection of flakes which provides compilers,