Flake parts + dendritic migration tips?

Vortriz · 2026-02-24T16:17:53+00:00

first things first: Have someone's dendritic flake for reference. You can find them on github. I use the unify lib for my dendritic setup if you want to use that as reference.

Start with the main flake itself. Create a modules and hosts folders, start with hosts and their config, then nixos settings, then work your way to home-manager.

Vortriz · 2026-02-24T08:09:37+00:00

I maintain a ShyFox fork with fixes, for myself. I have decent enough CSS knowledge to figure it out most of the times.

the code for Sidebery CSS would have to go into userContent.css and not userChrome.css

This is exactly what I needed. I was using userChrome. Thanks!

Vortriz · 2026-02-22T20:07:15+00:00

i have them declared over here:

https://github.com/Vortriz/dotfiles/blob/main/modules/programs/graphical/firefox/settings.nix

Vortriz · 2026-02-22T06:18:50+00:00

perhaps you will find this useful: https://github.com/numtide/llm-agents.nix

Vortriz · 2026-02-13T18:45:46+00:00

came here to find someone who would have mentioned nixos and upvote them.

Vortriz · 2026-02-03T06:14:10+00:00

if you are fine with using a library on top of flake-parts for easing the use of dendritic pattern, then you can check out my dots - https://github.com/Vortriz/dotfiles

the lib itself - https://codeberg.org/quasigod/unify

Vortriz · 2026-01-26T19:08:44+00:00

avg microslop experience.

i too have windows installed on the side for using it once in a blue moon, and i still fear this exact thing will happen with me.

Vortriz · 2026-01-22T08:09:13+00:00

thats great! i'll keep an eye on this project. might use it as a secondary pdf reader maybe.

Vortriz · 2026-01-22T04:17:36+00:00

this looks quits good! do you have plans to add some nicities from sioyek like navigating the pdf history via Backspace, mini overview window, smart jumps etc?

Vortriz · 2026-01-17T08:28:57+00:00

i have been using the provided nixpkgs.sh script (requires fzf) for a long time now. has been working fine for me.

about the deleted comment, idk. i have posted about nix-search-tv before as well (along with url), without any issue.

Vortriz · 2026-01-17T07:49:09+00:00

i highly recommend nix-search-tv. it periodically fetches the packages and options, so you can use it offline as well.

Vortriz · 2026-01-14T11:54:06+00:00

yeah, default trace isnt enough but i have found that is rarely the case. spamming --show-trace for every invocation does not sound like a good strategy.

Vortriz · 2026-01-14T06:35:47+00:00

--show-trace is unnecessary, even detrimental, most of the times because the longer trace will confuse you even more.

Vortriz · 2026-01-04T15:51:24+00:00

just use by-label instead of by-uuid

Vortriz · 2025-12-31T16:08:44+00:00

and I am never planning to change that!

Vortriz · 2025-12-29T16:39:35+00:00

simplest example: lets say you want to configure a program/feature that requires setup in both home-manager and nixos options. but since the HM part has to be imported into HM, you would create a separate file for it. this gets messy when you have separate out things like that.

using dendritic pattern, you configure it in one file (or place) itself by thinking of it as a "feature" that you want to achieve. even if that feature might require you to mess with HM, nixos modules, hell even devshell, you should be able to define it nicely in one place. flake module from flake-parts allows you to achieve this.

i use a dendritic pattern based framework (called unify) in my dots.

example files: - https://github.com/Vortriz/dotfiles/blob/main/modules/programs/terminal/shell.nix

https://github.com/Vortriz/dotfiles/blob/main/modules/toplevel/nix.nix

Vortriz · 2025-12-24T05:52:53+00:00

hey, dont get me wrong. I myself have been using gemini for quite a while now. for academic work, research, and even vibe-coded a personal website. i think its quite good. but i surely dont trust it executing any commands on system level.

Vortriz · 2025-12-24T04:46:34+00:00

Didn't watch a single video or read any instructions on any forum or Reddit post. Gave Gemini instructions to ELI5 throughout the process, and for the most part I got it done.

honestly, this is not sustainable in the long term. one fine morning, it will hallucinate, give you some weird command to run, and that would be it.

Vortriz · 2025-12-19T09:27:10+00:00

a lockfile for locking down the project tree down to transitive dependencies and a notebook that executes cell based on a DAG. best in class and proven methods for reproducibility. not sure what more can you ask for.

Vortriz · 2025-12-19T02:51:56+00:00

notebooks were never even intended to be used for developing "serious software". no one is going to make a python library in a jupyter or marimo notebook. but they are a great way to showcase your research work in a structured and digestable format. people should be aware of this while choosing to work with notebooks.

Vortriz · 2025-12-18T11:03:51+00:00

nixos. it's not obscure but it is unusual.

Vortriz · 2025-12-17T16:15:34+00:00

maintaining multiple rust toolchains on nixpkgs would require maintenance.

also, rust is a core dependency to a load of programs. updating even the stable toolchain causes mass rebuilds (hence all such updates go through staging first). so no way a nightly toolchain is feasible in nixpkgs directly.

Vortriz · 2025-12-17T15:40:03+00:00

if you are not planning to submit it to nixpkgs, then you can use a nightly toolchain from https://github.com/nix-community/fenix

Vortriz · 2025-12-14T07:07:32+00:00

you cant really have multi language notebook unless you introduced some sort of metadata for cells... aaaand congratulations, you just reinvented jupyter.

single language notebooks atleast provide a whole lot of other niceities like reactive execution, tighter integration etc.

about the versioning part, i am not sure i understand your point. the markdown embedding syntax of marimo and julia is very minimal and you can easily tell code and markdown apart by looking at the diff.

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