Life without Kubernetes: Hosting Mirrors with NixOS
Kubernetes is good for many machines with complex networking setups, but not that good for a 2-machine one, especially when there's only one maintainer and zero documentation.
At GeekPie, I've migrated our mirror infrastructure to NixOS and in this talk I want to show how Nix helps us achieve more with less code & maintenance.
Sizhe Zhao
Hi, I'm an undergraduate student at ShanghaiTech University and the president of the GeekPie Association.
Currently I'm maintaining the university's mirror infrastructure at https://mirrors.shanghaitech.edu.cn/ which runs NixOS.
I contribute to Nixpkgs and the ecosystem and I'm also a Summer of Nix 2025 participant.
Earlier the year I've hosted NixOS CN Meetup #1, the first regional conference on Nix in China.