Yisrael Dov :emacs: :nixos: on Nostr: How would you explain what a flake is in #nix #nixos ... I mean I think I understand ...
How would you explain what a flake is in #nix #nixos ... I mean I think I understand them, I just started using them ( been using nix for > 5 years ) , but someone asked me today and I couldn't really expalin what it was.
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