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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Parts of our project that touch upon flakes:
- development shell
- configuration for nixos / nixops
While its RFC was [drafted](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/49) and implemented by Nix creator Eelco Dolstra thru Tweag (which is now divided on flakes) on behalf of Target (which we no longer have indication still uses nix), its aim to address various topics at once - as per their [introduction](https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-05-25-flakes/#what-problems-do-flakes-solve) including composability, reproducibility, offering a consistent UI, and discoverability - [technical issues](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-flakes-is-an-experiment-that-did-too-much-at-once/32707/3) aside has drawn criticism including:
Flakes aim to address various topics at once - as per their [introduction](https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-05-25-flakes/#what-problems-do-flakes-solve) including composability, reproducibility, offering a consistent UI, and discoverability. [Technical issues](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-flakes-is-an-experiment-that-did-too-much-at-once/32707/3) aside, they have drawn criticism including:
- [trying too many things at once](https://samuel.dionne-riel.com/blog/2023/09/06/flakes-is-an-experiment-that-did-too-much-at-once.html) (Unix philosophy)
- [dependency explosion, no support to pass arguments, eagerly copying flake directories to the store, bad UX](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/experimental-does-not-mean-unstable-detsyss-perspective-on-nix-flakes/32703/2)