Author of the Full Time Nix podcast and The Molybdenum Software Showhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.amhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mlxprdvnws2pnix-effects: A pure Nix toolkit for effectful programs, typed validation, verified boundaries, and description-backed DSLs. I have asked the author of nix-effects, Mika Bohinen, all of the dumbest questions and, who knows, maybe even some good ones. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-effects-with-mika-bohinen16 May 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxprdvnws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mldxvkrdbk2wOcean Sprint 2026 took place in April. While I was not there myself, I did have remote conversations with several participants during the sprint. To learn of their experiences and what they were working on check out this latest episode, Ocean Sprint 2026. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/ocean-sprint-202608 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxvkrdbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mldfsh2ojk27A Nix Freaks 29 with crertel, Tristan Ross, and jonringer. Nix documentation and the tooling for it, Nixpkgs review tooling or a deficiency of it? A caps lock indicator adventure... the need to prevent electronics from being antennas, a Dart runtime in Rust and more https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2908 May 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldfsh2ojk27https://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mkx62sy7322dNix is almost too good to be true. Isolation, libraries coexisting, transparent binary cache and software that just works. But is that always the case? Join us for a discussion about libGL and find out what anomalies lurk in the dark depths of our operating systems. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/the-libgl-anomaly03 May 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx62sy7322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mksgca2puk2jIn Nix Freaks 28 mschwaig, kiara, toastal and I discussed whatever Nix things were on our minds. Public interfaces: flake outputs versus vanilla overlays, NixOS in ZFS home encryption (which sounds cool to me), mirrored boot partitions and more. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2801 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksgca2puk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mkhtjnv6es2runflake and The Great Nix Flake Check; the author, Max, and toastal to ask smart questions. unflake is an alternative dependency resolver and runtime for Nix flakes. Max ran a check on more than 7,000 flakes and shared insights and tidbits with us. The Lock-Files. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/unflake-and-the-great-nix-flake-check27 Apr 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhtjnv6es2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mkhtefjzpc2rNix Freaks 27: rxRust, low-level computer-ing things that I don't understand, gaming, Arm PC when? Hardware, cooling, power supply, cars, VMs, containers, micro VMs. Tune in. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2727 Apr 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhtefjzpc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mjjpubiudc2vNix Freaks 26. kiara, Jacek, Aaron, toastal and I, Ocean Sprint, which is happening right this moment, ReactiveX, reactive programming, UI, rxrust, TypeScript, Rust, and other languages, shell sandboxing, The NixOS Test Runner and more. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2615 Apr 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjpubiudc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mj2wy7zpks2lWhat did Nix Freaks 25 have? Meetups, NixOS variants, compilers, their features, Nixpkgs splicing which I don’t yet understand, derivation closures, ricing, gaming, robots, fasting, food and beer. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2509 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2wy7zpks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mijjrbvho22qNix Freaks 24: Jacek, kiara, ibizaman and toastal talked about Nixtamal, Nixcademy, derivation outputs, channels, introducing Nix in an organization, service contracts and more. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2402 Apr 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijjrbvho22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mib5wigtk227Nix Freaks 23. AI, LLMs, LLM pull requests, code quality, Nixpkgs, collaboration, generated NixOS configs, LLM software packaging, ricing... ricing. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2330 Mar 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mib5wigtk227https://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mhsq4dr5ls2ydevenv 2.0. It's interactive now. It's a TUI. Instead of waiting for your dev shell to be ready, you can do whatever you like while you see the progress. A process manager, MCP server, port allocation and other features. Join me and Domen. Human Slop Only. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/devenv-2-0-with-domen-kozar24 Mar 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsq4dr5ls2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mhpow5ebhk2nAnother Nix Sprint is coming up. It is called SaltSprint. Starts June 22nd, Halle, Germany. I had a chat with Flying Circus co-founder Christian Theune, the organizer. So what are you waiting for? Apply. Don't even listen to this episode. Just apply at saltsprint.org https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/saltsprint-2026-invite23 Mar 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpow5ebhk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mhnllmfzgs2yNix Freaks 22. A convo about the LibGL anomaly, a convo about coding agents, generated pull requests and Nix code, Planet Nix and NixCon, the political decisions, the rejection of sponsors, tomberek, Steering Committee and Nix Team member, shared his perspective. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2222 Mar 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnllmfzgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mhhr6aqrxk2zSo you want to learn what happened at Aurora Sprints last month? I got you. Two participants, one organizer, Only on Full Time Nix. Uncensored. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/aurora-sprint-202620 Mar 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhr6aqrxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mh3au4p4hs2cWhat does Nix 2.34 have? Some bug fixes as usual, some features as usual. The highlights are a new Nix installer that is in beta. It's written in Rust and a new linting infrastructure. If you want to learn more, check out the podcast episode. Arian is an expert. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-2-34-with-arian-van-putten15 Mar 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3au4p4hs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mgu65nrouc24Nix Freaks 21. We talked about events, user groups, PlanetNix, nixos-facter, the idea of a sandboxed dev shell—please make me one, please—soft-shell crabs, soft-shell turtles, flack, parallel evaluation of nix-lang, WebAssembly in nix-lang and more! It was a fun one! https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2112 Mar 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgu65nrouc24https://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mgkbh24zks2uNix Freaks 20. Deephack, NobbZ, Jacek and kiara. NobbZ shared a bit of the history behind his unofficial NixOS Discord. Historic computers, OSs, Nix anti-patterns, other books, future of Nix lang, static analysis, the module system, Fediversity and Nix’s in GSoC. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-2008 Mar 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkbh24zks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mfmbayjmoc2cNix Freaks 19! We touched upon a bunch of things in a short time: ZFS, server and desktop monitoring, Nix and WASM, Nix at DEF CON, links to some interesting talks and articles and open source projects. Nix related, of course. And like Beyonce said, listen. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1924 Feb 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmbayjmoc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mfbs7euwxs2rNovaCustom, a computer manufacter, announced recently; they support NixOS on their laptops and mini PCs. I got the founder on a recording, had a chat, what does it mean for NovaCustom to support NixOS? What is NixOS support for a computer? How did they achieve this? https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/novacustom-nixos-support20 Feb 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbs7euwxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mf7dqye26k2mNix Freaks 18 with toastal and kiara. I was also there. We talked about input pinning, some mad workarounds, Nixtamal, flake-parts and the dendritic pattern. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1819 Feb 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7dqye26k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mf4r7owfqs2hNixtamal; Fulfilling input pinning for Nix without flakes. A conversation with the author, toastal, & the author of niv (to ask smart questions). Host, forge & VCS agnostic. Eval-time & build-time fetchers. Supports mirrors! Custom freshness commands. And more. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nixtamal-with-toastal-nmattia18 Feb 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4r7owfqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3meyfjv7nak22Slippery slop16 Feb 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyfjv7nak22https://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3meql25ekrc2iWhat do we have in Nix Freaks 17? forks and the health of the ecosystem, scalability of flakes, the potential for introducing Rust into OG Nix, evaluation, dynamic derivations, overlays and more. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1713 Feb 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meql25ekrc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3me6txyvnls2yJust published; Nix Freaks 16. Among other things, we've talked about FOSDEM, open source, NixOS container tests and the flake situation. Yeah. Check us out. hear us out. Enjoy. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1606 Feb 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6txyvnls2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mdumaxbynk2fJust published, Nix Freaks 15 where we have discussed ecosystem news. Keywords: ZFS, SBOM, disko, Fediversity, Netboot, Nix Rust bindings. Listen in. https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1502 Feb 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdumaxbynk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mdhxb7we4s2nhttps://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1428 Jan 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhxb7we4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mcctdqe6ds2uhttps://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1313 Jan 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcctdqe6ds2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mbr2gb7svc2yhttps://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1206 Jan 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbr2gb7svc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mightyi.am/post/3mb74stzqfs2ehttps://fulltimenix.com/episodes/nix-freaks-1130 Dec 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:n5qs2oko3tj6kencopgmvfi4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb74stzqfs2e