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Simplified entry point using flake-parts\n├── flake-module.nix           # Flake-parts module with autowiring logic\n├── flake.lock                 # Lockfile (updated daily via GitHub Actions)\n├── lib/\n│   └── autowire.nix           # Helper functions for auto-discovering configs/modules\n├── configurations/            # Host-specific configurations\n│   ├── nixos/                 # NixOS hosts\n│   │   ├── nas/               # NixOS NAS server (Proxmox, ZFS, Samba, etc.)\n│   │   ├── home/              # NixOS VM running in NAS\n│   │   └── cloud/             # NixOS VM running in Oracle Cloud\n│   └── darwin/                # macOS hosts\n│       ├── Jeffs-M3Pro.nix    # Personal MacBook Pro\n│       └── work-laptop.nix    # Work MacBook Pro\n├── users/                     # Home Manager configurations by user\n│   ├── jeff/\n│   │   ├── default.nix        # Shared jeff user settings\n│   │   └── hosts/             # Per-host configurations\n│   │       ├── Jeffs-M3Pro.nix\n│   │       ├── work-laptop.nix\n│   │       ├── home.nix\n│   │       └── cloud.nix\n│   └── nix/\n│       ├── default.nix        # Shared nix user settings\n│       └── hosts/\n│           └── nas.nix\n├── modules/                   # Reusable modules with enable options\n│   ├── nixos/                 # NixOS modules (base, zfs, docker, etc.)\n│   ├── darwin/                # Darwin modules (base, homebrew)\n│   └── home/                  # Home Manager modules (cli, fish, dev, etc.)\n├── overlays/                  # Custom package overlays\n├── packages/                  # Custom packages not in nixpkgs\n├── secrets/                   # Encrypted secrets directory (git-crypt)\n└── secrets.nix                # Encrypted secrets file (git-crypt)\n```\n\n### Key Concepts\n\n- **Autowiring**: Configurations and modules are auto-discovered based on directory structure\n- **Modular Architecture**: All features are opt-in modules with `enable` options\n- **Separation of Concerns**: Configurations (what to enable) vs Modules (how it works)\n- **User-first Home Manager**: Organized as `users/\u003cuser\u003e/hosts/\u003chost\u003e.nix`\n\n## Background\n\nEveryone keeps gushing about how amazing Nix is and I want to get in on the hype cycle\n\n## Goals\n\n- [x] Learn nix\n- [x] Mostly reproduce features from my existing [dotfiles](https://github.com/billimek/dotfiles)\n- [x] Replace existing ubunut-based 'home VM'\n- [x] Expand usage to other shell environments such as WSL, Macbook, etc\n- [x] handle secrets - ideally using 1Password and not SOPS - using git-crypt for now\n- [x] try agenix for secrets handling\n- [ ] introduce the concept of [impermanence](https://github.com/nix-community/impermanence) where appropriate\n\n## References\n\n- [Misterio77/nix-starter-config](https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs)\n- [How to learn Nix](https://ianthehenry.com/posts/how-to-learn-nix/)\n- [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager)\n- [Zero to Nix: Everything I Know About Nix \u0026 NixOS](https://chetanbhasin.com/articles/zero-to-nix-everything-i-know-about-nix-nixos)\n- [Walkthrough of Nix Install and Setup on MacOS (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE5JR4JcvMg)\n- [NixOS as a server, part 1: Impermanence](https://guekka.github.io/nixos-server-1/)\n- [budimanjojo/dotfiles](https://github.com/budimanjojo/dotfiles/tree/master/nixos)\n- [wrmilling/nixos-configuration](https://github.com/wrmilling/nixos-configuration)\n- [gshpychka/dotfiles-nix](https://github.com/gshpychka/dotfiles-nix)\n- [wimpysworld/nix-config](https://github.com/wimpysworld/nix-config)\n\n## Old Dotfiles\n\nOld dotfiles are still accessible in [archive branch](https://github.com/billimek/dotfiles/tree/archive)\n","funding_links":[],"categories":["Nix"],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbillimek%2Fdotfiles","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbillimek%2Fdotfiles","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbillimek%2Fdotfiles/lists"}