This post discusses briefly, the nix-shell environment for reproducible programming. In particular, there is an emphasis on extensions for installing and working with packages not in CRAN, i.e. packages off Github which are normally installed with devtools. Background The entire nix ecosystem is fantastic, and is the main packaging system used by d-SEAMS as well. Recently I began working through the excellent second edition of “Statistical Rethinking” by Richard McElreath1.
Hello people. This is my first blog post, and the topic I picked out to talk about is how to setup your Jekyll blog on NixOS, because that’s where I had some trouble. I promised myself that I would write about this as soon as I get it running on my configuration.