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The original was posted on /r/nixos by /u/HeavyWolf8076 on 2025-08-26 16:24:48+00:00.

Been using NixOS for a year, year n a half. Still find stuff every so often that makes using NixOS a lil bit easier, so though I’d share a few things (some are perhaps obvious). Please fill in if you have any goodies, no matter how small!

* You can install https://mynixos.com/search?q=%25s as a search engine in your browser.

* https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/ a real treasure, helps big time with versioning! Can also be used as a custom search engine in your browser.

* If you haven’t started using flakes - it’s not much to it once you start with it!

* With flakes - Realised just a few weeks ago that it’s a real time saver ( and more tidy ) to keep Home Manager stand alone from NixOS. Been using HM as a NixOS module since I got started otherwise, but not anymore!

* With flakes - there’s an argument you can use in modules called osConfig, which let’s you easily access NixOS config from within Home-Manager.

* nix-output-monitor, also available in nixpkgs. Makes rebuild output structured and pretty!

* If you got computer/server or can setup VMs, look into setting up a distributed builder, not hard at all to set up and speeds up rebuilds plenty!

Cheers!