With Nix Shell, you can instantly spin up the exact environment you need, tailored to specific projects, and discard it with ease once you're done. No containers!

We'll walk you through the installation of Nix and various ways to craft custom environments with Nix Shell.

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Sponsor: Cast AI
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➡ Gist with the commands: https://gist.github.com/vfarcic/8ebbf...
Nix: https://nixos.org
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00:00 Intro to Ephemeral Environments
04:14 CastAI (Sponsor)
04:54 Ephemeral Shell Environments with Nix
14:31 Nix Pros and Cons