Journey to NixOS

It all started when my little guerrilla notebook became unusable. It was a tiny VivoBook with 4 GB of RAM, a 32 GB onboard eMMC disk, and half a potato for an excuse of a CPU. I got tired of fighting it instead of getting stuff done, so I bought myself a Chuwi MiniBook X right in the peak of the 2026 DRAM crisis. This also coincided with the parental leave for my newborn child. ...

July 20, 2026