# Mildly overengineering my Glance configuration

DevFeed: [Mildly overengineering my Glance configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mildly-overengineering-my-glance-configuration-38551.md>)

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Author: Harsh Shandilya

Published: 2025-05-07T17:35:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [Bash](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bash.md>), [iteration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iteration.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dashboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboard.md>), [iteration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iteration.md>), [nix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nix.md>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of configuring a Glance dashboard with NixOS. The author converts Nix configuration into YAML, uses automatic regeneration and reloads, and combines watchexec with a small Bash script to streamline iteration in an editor and browser.

## Source excerpt

The story of setting up a live environment for configuring my Glance dashboard