Thought - in general, we really need more things that are just “type these values into a list and run a program against it”. NixOS’s idea of just having a configuration file that defines an operating system is brilliant and is something we should have been doing for much longer in the computing world, and more programs and systems should operate this way. Instead of having to “re-setup” your computer every time you buy a new one (or relying on cleverly closed-source solutions like Apple has thus far successfully managed to do), you just plop in your config, sync your data, and boom!, you’re back in business. Over the years your computer would become more and more personalized to you. As a side note, it seems this means NixOS can sort of be a playground with which to create the best operating systems (you can configure anything pre-built).

Idea - Feedify - Turn a set of Markdown files into an RSS Feed. We really need to make RSS Great Again. It would appear, at a superficial glance, that it is just architecturally much more user friendly, privacy-respecting, and self-hostable in every way. Why don’t we all use it? And, for what it’s worth, XMPP for messaging?

Thought - I got this idea from Luke Smith, but wouldn’t it be awesome to have browsers that could be constructed from config files as well?

Installing NixOS on Apple Silicon: (Note: I went ahead and uninstalled asahi linux to simplify the process, since these docs seem to assume a clean installl). I followed the instructions here, carefully, and was successfully able to run (headless, at least) NixOS on Apple Sillicon.