2025-09-06 –, Aula (4.101)
I pushed a simple question—how fast can I make NixOS updates—way too far, and came up with something slightly crazy.
The result combines various technologies to deduplicate data in a Nix store both on disk and over the network, add differential compression, and also enable on-demand fetching, without compromising system performance.
I'll describe the ideas behind the system, trade-offs, and performance numbers.
Nix enthusiast