Post AhseCeLK1w7HR8dud6 by eris@akkoma.meows.gay
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 (DIR) Post #AhcQDSM1a8d4em6RcG by leftpaddotpy@hachyderm.io
       2024-05-06T04:40:20Z
       
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       oh yeah the secret project I've been working on for two months, @lix_project, is finally in public preview. there's a fair number of rough edges in the website and infra remaining to fix but the software is rock solid.thanks so much to the dozens of people who have been running `main` daily for several weeks and reporting the few remaining issues. at this point i would say it's just a stabler, faster, more user friendly #Nix 2.18.if you want to try it out: https://lix.systems
       
 (DIR) Post #AhcQDVCYzlqNUIhQmm by leftpaddotpy@hachyderm.io
       2024-05-06T04:45:45Z
       
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       some highlights:- meson build system (yeah, we shipped it! qyriad and horrors worked really hard on this)- :doc in the repl works on lambdas, thanks to Lunaphied- repl config files allowing overlaying aliases and functions into your repl environment, thanks to wiggles- a *pile* of ux features that are also in CppNix 2.21, thanks to wiggles and eldritch horrors - more or less every bug fix in 2.21, thanks to horrors- debugger works much better thanks to wiggles
       
 (DIR) Post #AhcQDYD1oUzwobwLQW by leftpaddotpy@hachyderm.io
       2024-05-06T04:58:47Z
       
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       this is a deliberately conservative release cycle in which we have largely frozen the core of the system and made core changes with extreme care, while being much more aggressive about UX improvements. the next few releases will very slowly relax this freeze as we start paying down technical debt and get things into a more maintainable shape.one of our primary goals is stability and responsible long term evolution of what we have, rather than cutting edge research.
       
 (DIR) Post #AhseCeLK1w7HR8dud6 by eris@akkoma.meows.gay
       2024-05-06T05:43:20.864614Z
       
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       @leftpaddotpy holy shit lesbian nix
       
 (DIR) Post #Ai0yvh3MLvfPDnfzH6 by p1ng@social.tchncs.de
       2024-05-06T05:06:47Z
       
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       @leftpaddotpy @lix_project  to be fair - that’s all a bit too shiny for me. Where is the real diff/comparison? As en example: You say it’s human-friendly, but it’s a bit unclear if you consider this as a use ability or as a “all creatures welcome” feature. Also what is the difference to Aux?
       
 (DIR) Post #Ai1KVkNzXLxN1KMMWu by leftpaddotpy@hachyderm.io
       2024-05-06T05:19:09Z
       
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       @p1ng the difference to aux is that we have more resources (and more focused scope) and we have had everyone one would need from the nix community to be able to build a serious fork involved in ours for a period of months, so we've had a huge head start. we do want to work with them though!we are serious about both all creatures being welcome and also *actual usable software*. we've been working on error messages, making bugs fail harder, ux, and more. see the post down-thread for examples.