2024-10-26 –, Arena
The premise of combining Nix and Bazel is really appealing and powerful - one gets the full reproducibility stemming from Nix (alongside all definitions from its rich ecosystem) and the fast incremental builds that are the hallmark of Bazel. Truly a bliss. Practicalities however beg to differ - the road towards such a combination is full of unexpected surprises, ill-implemented features and design decisions that break everything.
This talk is a journey of discovery of things that go wonderfully wrong if Nix and Bazel are being used together. The third ingredient to the Nix and Bazel cocktail are footguns. A lot of them.
We want to share them, so others do not have to get burned on them.
Anyone interested in peculiarities of situations when Nix is exposed to non-nix environments.
Do you allow your talk to be recorded?: yes
Alex is contracting for ASML, spearheading migration to Bazel build system. He enjoys solving complex challenges in a manner that results in simple solutions. Rust, Nix and Bazel enthusiast, he attempts to bring reproducibility and correctness to any software project he works on.
Artur, with a background in computer science and engineering, focuses on correctness, reliability, and reusability in software systems. Leading large-scale migrations, he excels in creating advanced build systems and ensuring hermetic, reproducible builds. A proponent of software reusability, Artur has engineered innovative solutions using variability modeling and mass customization to enhance software performance and reliability.