• tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    It’s an investment for the next time you install on a new dev machine. After install, I will literally run a single command to return to the exact state of my dev environment.

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      8 months ago

      Sure but how often do you need to actually change your machine?

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        8 months ago

        Me personally, a lot. I work on 4 different rigs (inlcuding latops) and yes, for me, it does save time.

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        8 months ago

        Probably not often, but as a Debian user, it’s a PITA to get back to where I was before I fucked up my system. Nix(OS) sounds like a future investment to me, just in case I ever fuck up and need to get back to where I was ASAP. Been there once already and it was NOT fun.

        That was from a professional standpoint BTW, privately I’m still a dirty Windows pleb, because that’s what I’m most familiar with.

        PS: I’m already using a dotfiles repo, which already saves me a ton of time in settings things up.