@aral@mastodon.ar.al@destructatron@masto.destructatron.net@tommorris@mastodon.social i have to say, the learning curve for the sort of approach you're talking about is somewhat steep. You're not just having to configure NixOS as a system, but to get the real advantage of it you'd want to package your software for Nix first, and have them be configurable through user's NixOS configs like services.kitten.enable = true; ect.
I found these tutorials to really clear things up when it comes to packaging for Nix:
Checking out Sharkey, considering migrating my Mastodon instance to it. Anarchist but not like...that. Long covid sufferer. I like tech and coding but I don't respect it. Land back. On Haudenosaunee territory.