Pre-roll transcript:Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcast. My name is Dawn. My job (self-appointed) is to empower the Nix user. If you're listening on the website, consider listening on a podcast app—they offer fancy features. To new listeners I would recommend starting with a recent episode ...which this might be. I hope you’ll find this episode informative and entertaining.---https://cache.nixos.orghttps://nixbuild.net/https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/store/types/https://www.cachix.org/https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-dynamic-derivationshttps://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-ca-derivationshttps://lix.systems/https://tvix.dev/https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nixhttps://nixos.org/community/teams/nix/https://github.com/Ericson2314https://www.haskell.org/https://slurm.schedmd.com/https://planetnix.com/Generated chapters:00:00 Introduction to Nix and Remote Building02:38 Understanding Nix Daemon and Communication Protocols05:01 Exploring Derivations and Their Role in Nix07:26 Setting Up Remote Builders in Nix09:48 Remote Building Process and Configuration12:08 Remote Store vs Remote Builder Features14:21 Managing Build Outputs and Dependencies16:45 Optimizing Remote Builds and Scheduling19:28 Conclusion and Future Improvements24:16 Understanding Remote Store Features24:43 Continuous Integration (CI) Workflows26:37 Leveraging Remote Builders in CI29:20 Exploring Nix Store Components35:26 The Role of Substitutes in Nix40:48 Introducing nixbuild.net: A Solution for Nix Builds50:15 The Power of Concurrency in Build Services54:11 Choosing nixbuild.net for Efficient Builds55:17 Understanding Latency and On-Site Options59:29 Hardware and Architectures for Nix Builds01:01:37 When to Consider nixbuild.net01:03:49 Managing Compatibility with Nix Versions01:06:22 The Nix Community and Company Dynamics01:07:59 Contributions to the Open Source Ecosystem01:16:28 Internal Stack and Resource Management01:21:05 Final Thoughts and Future Directions ---Ad transcript:Adopting an unfamiliar technology such as Nix usually comes at a cost. Productivity takes a hit, some of the team find themselves preoccupied providing Nix support, anti-patterns emerge increasing technical debt and morale is affected.Founded by my friend and mentor Jacek Galowicz, Nixcademy have brought hundreds of individuals up to speed with Nix.Prevent technical debt, liberate your Nix experts and get on top of Nix and back to work early. Visit nixcademy.com.Jacek tells me that most Nixcademy clients returned their investment in training in under three months.They also provide free educational content that I recommend and a Nix newsletter that I subscribe to.nixcademy.com.---Post-roll transcript:Thank you for listening! For past and future episodes find Full Time Nix on your podcast app. You can be of service to others by sharing this episode. You can support me by rating, reviewing, liking and commenting. And if you can spare a dollar I can use a dollar. fulltimenix.com