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I couldn't find anything similar so decided to start this project. There is talk about [runix](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/remote-help-shopify-rebuild-our-world-in-nix/7571) being made public and there's another project scaffolding type [tool](https://github.com/hercules-ci/project.nix). In the [video](https://youtu.be/KaIRpx11qrc?t=2165) Burke explains how this provided an 80% speed up for developers getting started.\r\n\r\nAt the very least this is an exercise to learn more about Rust and Nix!\r\n\r\n## Goals\r\n\r\n- Nix can be productive, but the learning curve is prohibitive, let's make it easier.\r\n- Write what we want to develop with using yaml (or JSON or CSV or whatever you like to use), convert this to a nix expression.\r\n- Make system calls and use nix-env for setting up different workflows to save us some time.\r\n\r\n## Roadmap\r\n\r\n- [ ] As David I want to define what I need for my project in a yaml file so that I can save time in the future when starting similar projects.\r\n  - [ ] Add a workflow that initializes environment for using the tool\r\n  - [ ] Generate a template example\r\n  - [ ] Convert a yaml example to nixexpr\r\n  - [ ] Update the environment based on the template using the system call\r\n\r\n## Install\r\n\r\n``` bash\r\ncargo install nixy\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Publishing new versions\r\n\r\nBefore publishing, we can check what we will publish.\r\n\r\n``` bash\r\n$ cargo publish --dry-run\r\n```\r\n\r\nand specifically what files will be sent\r\n\r\n``` bash\r\n$ cargo package --list\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nDavid MacEachern (davidmaceachern) 2021","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdavidmaceachern%2Fnixy","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdavidmaceachern%2Fnixy","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdavidmaceachern%2Fnixy/lists"}