In a previous post I described how Nix could be used to easily set up a development environment without the use of virtual machines alternatives like Vagrant require. As an example I used setting up a development environment for a simple “Hello world” node.js application. At the very end I teased that the work weContinue reading “Deploying a Simple Node.js Application with NixOps”
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Setting Up Development Environments With Nix
I remember my first day at Cloud9 IDE well. It was very similar to my first day Technical University of Delft as a PhD student, and my first day at LogicBlox: a day spent on installing a bunch of software, tweaking configuration files, environment variables, running services to get my system into a state soContinue reading “Setting Up Development Environments With Nix”
Firefox OS at its Peak: Upgrading Gaia on Your Geeksphone
I received my Geeksphone Peak Firefox OS Developer device today. Firefox OS consists of two core parts: Boot2Gecko, which is essentially a Gecko rendering engine stapled on top of the Linux (Android) kernel Gaia, which is the HTML/JS/CSS front-end The Geeksphones are aimed at developers, so you’ll want to live on the bleeding edge (andContinue reading “Firefox OS at its Peak: Upgrading Gaia on Your Geeksphone”