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Tips and Tricks to Fix Your Nix

UA2.118 (Henriot) | Day 1 | 18:45 - 19:00 | Speakers: Yvan Sraka

Tips and Tricks to Fix Your Nix
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Abstract

Debugging Nix can be frustrating: poor error reporting, non-incremental builds, and cryptic stack traces make fixing a derivation a pain. This talk presents practical tools and techniques to make working with Nix expressions and builds more fun. A significant portion of this talk is a live coding demo, targeted at somewhat beginner-intermediate Nix users.

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Yvan Sraka

I hold a master’s degree in mathematics and computer science applied to biology from Sorbonne University in Paris. I discovered C++ programming as a child and have been actively involved in open-source communities ever since. My professional experience includes work in 3D graphics, developer tooling, compilers, and runtime design using Rust and Haskell. I’ve taught systems programming, computer architecture, and DevOps to master’s students, and I’ve also designed algorithm competitions and coding workshops for kids and teens, helping them build small video games. I’m currently based in Belgium, working as a NixOS consultant for Numtide. In my free time, I enjoy biking, hiking, climbing, and cooking.

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