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UID:pretalx-2026-SRRBTB@cfp.nix.vegas
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DESCRIPTION:Nix’s guarantee of reproducibility hinges on a simple mechani
 sm: absolute\, immutable store paths (i.e. /nix/store). While this rigidit
 y guarantees that binaries always find their exact dependencies\, it intro
 duces a massive constraint: it binds the entire ecosystem to a single\, gl
 obal directory. If you want to run a Nix binary on a target system where y
 ou don't have root access to create /nix\, or where you cannot run an unpr
 ivileged user namespace\, you are forced to rebuild the world To achieve t
 rue portability and friction-free deployment across arbitrary infrastructu
 re\, Nix binaries must become fully relocatable. What does that mean ? Why
  is it hard? Who cares (psst me!)? We will discuss what a fully relocatabl
 e Nix ecosystem could look like \, and how solving this constraint could a
 llow Nix to be run more easily on more restrictive environments..
DTSTAMP:20260725T035347Z
LOCATION:Nix Vegas Main Stage
SUMMARY:Relocatable Nix Binaries - Farid Zakaria
URL:https://cfp.nix.vegas/2026/talk/SRRBTB/
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UID:pretalx-2026-88PNDU@cfp.nix.vegas
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DESCRIPTION:Nix is surging in popularity\, and with it the community has ta
 ken the stance that Nix should be for everyone & their grandparents. I'm h
 ere to fight against that idea and share why I think it dilutes the power 
 of Nix itself. By catering to the masses and targeting multiple platforms 
 (MacOS)\, we weaken the potential of the idea and implementation. When we 
 stop building for the lowest common denominator\, we get to push the absol
 ute limits. I will spend this time trying to convince you why Nix should d
 rop support for platforms such as MacOS\, diverge even more radically from
  traditional Linux distros and take on more grand technical solutions to p
 roblems at large.
DTSTAMP:20260725T035347Z
LOCATION:Nix Vegas Main Stage
SUMMARY:How to piss off your Nix friends - Farid Zakaria
URL:https://cfp.nix.vegas/2026/talk/88PNDU/
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