devbox

I've spent the last year managing all my packages with Devbox (https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox). Local dev, cloud dev, CI, production – all with the same config file. Fingers crossed my talk submission for PackagingCon gets accepted. It'd be awesome to share this new way of working with a wider audience.

> Now to figure out what a "flake" is… Flake is a worthwhile addition to Nix that is worth learning. But like anything Nixian, it's not straightforward. Have you checked out any of the tools that aim to simplify Nix experience? We built Devbox (https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox) with this in mind.

Local first, cloud optional is the only way (IMHO) we're going to get people off their local laptop development setups. We need to support local dev environments first, with the exact same config a developer can then move to the cloud. See https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox for how this can be achieved and https://www.mikenikles.com/blog/dev-environments-in-the-clou... for my thoughts after 3 years of working in this space.

If you like the properties of Nix, but find it confusing, you should check out Devbox! It simplifies the process of creating Nix-powered dev environments: https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox

ah, yeah, we have a cheeky workaround for this in Devbox ;-) https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox/blob/main/internal/impl...

Nix is a great option for reproducible dev environments. However, the Nix language is pretty complex, which can make adoption and buy in tough. One solution that my company is working on is Devbox, which tries to provide the usability of tools like Yarn or Brew with the reproducibility of Nix. You can check us out at https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox

You might be interested in Devbox (http://jetpack.io/devbox)! We built Devbox because we were frustrated with our Docker based dev environments, and our goal is to provide the power of Nix with a more accessible interface (similar to yarn or other package managers). We're open source and rapidly adding features, you can check us out on Github at https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox

checkout https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox > Devbox is a command-line tool that lets you easily create isolated shells for development it uses nix, and they just added `devbox global` > Devbox Global allows you to add packages to a global devbox.json. This is useful for installing a standard set of tools you want to use across multiple Devbox Projects. You can also use Devbox Global to install and manage packages on your Host OS, as a substitute for tools like brew or apt-get. https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox/releases/tag/0.4.0

Devbox.sh runs any Github Repo in a cloud shell in your browser. The Cloud Shell runs on a low latency Edge VM on Fly.io, and if you have a devbox.json in your project, it automatically installs your Nix packages and starts a Devbox Shell with your configuration. You can try it out with the Devbox Repo by visiting https://devbox.sh/github.com/jetpack-io/devbox. This will give you a VM with all the packages and configuration needed to build and test Devbox. For more details, you can check out our Docs page at https://www.jetpack.io/devbox/docs/devbox_cloud/

Tools like Devbox: https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox are making this way easier. Devbox is powered by nix, but it hides all of the complexity and makes it easier to use.