11-10, 17:25–17:45 (UTC), Room 2
Nix, the package manager for the distribution NixOS, is a package manager built on top of functional programming principles. In this talk I'll discuss how they get close to what I'd consider perfect and what future improvements on the concept should learn from Nix and NixOS.
The author of christine.website, Xe is the Archmage of Infrastructure at Tailscale. They have written many articles about Nix and NixOS at both beginner and expert levels. They are passionate about making computers understandable and have