"value":"\n <p>I've been using the Nix package manager for some time.<\/p>\n\n<p>The first commit of a flake.nix file to my <a href=\"https:\/\/code.oliverdavies.uk\/opdavies\/nix-config\">nixos-config repository<\/a> (formerly my dotfiles repository) was on the 26th of September 2022.<\/p>\n\n<p>The following month, I started to experiment with NixOS - the operating system built on the Nix language and the package manager.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rarely have I found a package missing within the 120,000+ available, but I have added some missing Vim plugins and some custom packages to my own configuration.<\/p>\n\n<p>But I hadn't tried to contribute any package definitions back to nixpkgs until today.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/NixOS\/nixpkgs\/pull\/395028\">my first pull request to nixpkgs<\/a> to add a small script that I've added to my own configuration.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's always nerve-racking contributing to a new projects, but let's see how it goes.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'm thinking of it as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/05\/14\/free-code-reviews\">a free code review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If it goes well, I can see me contributing more packages in the future.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>I've been using the Nix package manager for some time.<\/p>\n\n<p>The first commit of a flake.nix file to my <a href=\"https:\/\/code.oliverdavies.uk\/opdavies\/nix-config\">nixos-config repository<\/a> (formerly my dotfiles repository) was on the 26th of September 2022.<\/p>\n\n<p>The following month, I started to experiment with NixOS - the operating system built on the Nix language and the package manager.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rarely have I found a package missing within the 120,000+ available, but I have added some missing Vim plugins and some custom packages to my own configuration.<\/p>\n\n<p>But I hadn't tried to contribute any package definitions back to nixpkgs until today.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/NixOS\/nixpkgs\/pull\/395028\">my first pull request to nixpkgs<\/a> to add a small script that I've added to my own configuration.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's always nerve-racking contributing to a new projects, but let's see how it goes.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'm thinking of it as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/05\/14\/free-code-reviews\">a free code review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If it goes well, I can see me contributing more packages in the future.<\/p>\n\n ",