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Nix in 100 Seconds - YouTube (youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ruffsl to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Each package and its dependencies are stored in their own unique folder

If all those electron / web app haters could read, they'd be very upset right now.

[–] expr 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is completely different from electron. Nix dependencies will be shared if they share the same hash. Electron just blindly copies everything over every time.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago

Electron just copies over the browser engine required to run it, from a package management standpoint, assuming you're using nom or yarn, it functions the same as nix.

[–] Zyansheep 5 points 4 months ago