This is a post inspired by many talks I’ve given to engineering groups about Nix. You can see an example of one such talk Why I love Nix, and you should too I’ve given a lot of Nix talks. I’ve given Nix talks internally at companies where I’ve introduced it, at local meetups and even at NixCon. Giving a talk about Nix is hard. As engineers I find often we try to explain why or how Nix works but never show the end result. Many of the talks I’ve given start explaining “Nix developed as part of Eelco’s PhD thesis in 2003” and immediately eyes roll. Let’s do it different this time. Let’s learn Nix the fun way.