# Assorted NixOS things

DevFeed: [Assorted NixOS things](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/assorted-nixos-things-38528.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://msfjarvis.dev/posts/assorted-nixos-things/>)

Author: Harsh Shandilya

Published: 2024-12-07T20:19:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Harsh Shandilya](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-harsh-shandilya.md>)

Topics: [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailscale.md>), [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [Text-based user interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tui.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [module](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/module.md>), [nix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nix.md>), [nixos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nixos.md>), [nixpkgs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nixpkgs.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [repl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repl.md>), [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailscale.md>)

## AI overview

A running log of practical NixOS, Nix, and Nixpkgs notes covering flake metadata, the module system, package updates, the Nix language, REPL builds, fixed-output derivations, and Tailscale exit nodes.

## Source excerpt

Running log of random things I've learned about Nix/NixOS/Nixpkgs