nanopynix

nanobind-based Python bindings for Nix (nanopynix), and a CLI built on top of them (pynix).

Contents

• nanopynix
  • Workers vs in-process
  • Architecture principles
  • Quality gates
  • Decisions: rejected ideas and open questions
  • Examples
  • API reference
  • Quick start
• pynix
  • Configuration
  • Development environments
  • CLI reference
  • Quick start
  • Naming a target
• libpynix
  • Declare a command, and mount it
  • Take the three evaluation options
  • Answer a shell completion
  • Install the completion scripts
  • Keep the start cheap
• grpclib-transports
  • Examples
  • API Reference
  • Where to start
• Common Nix misconceptions
  • "Concurrent Nix operations need external locking"
  • "Attribute keys with hyphens must be quoted"
  • "...but a leading digit is fine"
  • "daemon and local mean 'wherever my store is'"
  • "One process can hold as many LocalStore objects as it likes"
  • Adding to this file
• The collector, threads, and what the investigation proved
  • What upstream Nix gives us, and what it does not
  • Proven
  • Excluded
  • Not yet explained
  • The instruments, and what each one cannot see
  • How to reproduce, today

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