Using Nix with Dockerfiles

Nix is a powerful cross-platform package management tool. The benefits of Nix are far reaching, but one big benefit is that once you adopt Nix, you can get a consistent environment across development (on both Linux and Mac), CI, and production.

Dockerfiles Are Easy, Why Nix?

The Big Idea

An Example: Python and Flask

The Python App

Nix Flake

Dockerfile

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Downsides

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