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The original was posted on /r/nixos by /u/Redneck_SysAdmin on 2025-02-02 04:48:49+00:00.

So I finally dug in the past few weeks to learn NixOS, thanks to getting layed off and having nothing else to do but apply for jobs and fuck around with my computer. I started out overly complex trying to do flakes and home-manage immediately. I learned the basic stuff from this, but didn’t really understand how or why anything works. So, as I’m learning we all have, I started my coonfig over about 100 times. This is mainly because everytme I would go and reinstall, I didn’t have a way of saving my config.

So, and as a system admin I should know it anyway, I started learning how to use git. A good week went by and I realized that I have no idea how to write commits, changelogs etc. So after looking up proper ways to write commits, I found the Convential Commits standard.

So I started learning all about that and how to make git templates, gpg signing, etc.

I have been using Linux full time, in one flavor or another, since I graduated from highschool in 2014. I have learned more, and have had more fun working on NixOS in the past month than I have had in those 10 years.

Thanks NixOS.

Off-topic question: When do I get out of the phase of wiping and recreqting my config?