Matthew Croughan, 2022 ▶ Matthew Croughan - Use flake.nix, not Dockerfile - MCH2022

discusses using flake.nix instead of dockerfiles and possibly a drop in replacement for docker in nix.

Tldr

1. Docker builds are repeatable not reproducible.
2. in nix everything is evaluated as an expession not a series of steps

Timestamps

• YT=00:00 - Start of video

Notes

• Docker is great but it essentially trys to make a reproducable system by simply repeating the steps you took to get there which doesnt work. its repeatable but not reproducable.