NixOS on The Photonsphere

Hastl modern web-application starter template

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Looking into hastl, which is a modern Haskell web application template using (H)tmx, (A)lpine.js, (S)ervant, (T)ailwind-css and (L)ucid. It is licensed under MIT and is entirely free and open source.

Debian + Propellor

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Propellor configuration management system uses Haskell and Git. Each system has a list of properties, which Propellor ensures are satisfied. Linux and FreeBSD are supported.

NixOS Android Studio development environment (Docker based)

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

An Android Studio development environment can be somewhat cumbersome to set up under NixOS, so a solution using a Docker container is described in this article.

NixOS Rust development environment (Docker based)

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A Rust programming language development environment can be somewhat cumbersome to set up under NixOS (e.g. to use CLevasseur/ta-lib-rust), so a solution using a Docker container is described in this article. – github.com/rust-lang (by rust-lang/people).

Haskell development environment on Android phone

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Install a full Haskell development environment (including hpack and cabal) on your Android phone. The command prompt runs via Termux and its PRoot (i.e. proot-distro).

Haskell tooling in a Docker container

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Create a Docker image with Debian Linux in which you can install and use Haskell tooling via ghcup and that uses your computer's native GUI. This can be useful because using ghcup under NixOS is a bit of a nuisance.

Nix shell and build dependencies

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A nix-shell can be used to quickly set up ad-hoc development environments with all required dependencies in place.

My NixOS configuration

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Purely Functional Linux Distribution – NixOS (by Dolstra, Eelco).

NixOS is a Linux distribution with a unique approach to package and configuration management. Built on top of the Nix package manager, it is completely declarative, makes upgrading systems reliable, and has many other advantages.

NixOS

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The Purely Functional Linux Distribution – NixOS (by Dolstra, Eelco).