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      <p>Do you know every software package installed on your computer?</p>

      <p>Do you know every configuration file you've added or edited?</p>

      <p>If you needed to create a new computer or server that matches your current configuration, how long would that take you?</p>

      <p>This is why I started automating my system and having tools like Ansible install and configure software instead of me doing it manually.</p>

      <p>But, that doesn't prevent anyone from adding more things or changing files on the fly.</p>

      <p>Nix and NixOS have a read-only store of packages and configuration files, and I can <a href="https://github.com/opdavies/dotfiles">read my dotfiles repository</a> and see exactly what's installed and how it's configured.</p>

      <p>If I want to add or remove a package or change some configuration, I update a Nix file and rebuild my system.</p>

      <p>There are no more random, rogue or leftover packages.</p>

      <p>If I get a new computer or create a new server, I add it to my dotfiles repository and apply the configuration and I'm up and running in no time.</p>

              
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      <p>Do you know every software package installed on your computer?</p>

      <p>Do you know every configuration file you've added or edited?</p>

      <p>If you needed to create a new computer or server that matches your current configuration, how long would that take you?</p>

      <p>This is why I started automating my system and having tools like Ansible install and configure software instead of me doing it manually.</p>

      <p>But, that doesn't prevent anyone from adding more things or changing files on the fly.</p>

      <p>Nix and NixOS have a read-only store of packages and configuration files, and I can <a href="https://github.com/opdavies/dotfiles">read my dotfiles repository</a> and see exactly what's installed and how it's configured.</p>

      <p>If I want to add or remove a package or change some configuration, I update a Nix file and rebuild my system.</p>

      <p>There are no more random, rogue or leftover packages.</p>

      <p>If I get a new computer or create a new server, I add it to my dotfiles repository and apply the configuration and I'm up and running in no time.</p>

              
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