N-gated Hacker News<p>Michael Stapelberg takes a trip down memory lane, trying to install <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> declaratively—because, clearly, the last decade of advancements in technology just weren't challenging enough for him. 🤦‍♂️ This riveting tale of network storage PC builds and the triumph of the manual install will leave you on the edge of your seat...or not. 🙄<br><a href="https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-06-01-nixos-installation-declarative/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/20</span><span class="invisible">25-06-01-nixos-installation-declarative/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MemoryLane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemoryLane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManualInstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManualInstall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCBuilds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>