Informal intro to the Nix language, derivations and nixpkgs

Sit in with Silvan as he gives a Tweag colleague a hands-on introduction to the Nix language, how derivations work, and even the basics of nixpkgs. This is an internal knowledge session we're sharing with the community in the hope that it helps some of you!
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[@Becoming-Human]

Thank you! This was awesome... now I need to re-watch it quite a few more times so that it sinks in... I hope that this is the first of many videos, as this was very helpful!

[@blablasijus]

I have a question. In the video it was mentioned what it is more appropriate to use attribute set as function argument instead of multiple attributes by currying. Is it right to say that using attribute set for function parameter has a downside that it is not possible to use that function as a partial function then? Or is there a way to create a partial function out of: `mul = {a, b}: a * b` like with `mul = a: b: a * b; mul3 = mul 3;` for example?

[@trade8317]

Hello, good time, I had a question about this programming language. What exactly is this language and what is its use?

[@williamfish1407]

Thanks so much for putting this together. So many things just clicked for me (especially with derivations) watching this

[@blablasijus]

Really interesting to see how nix is used daily by professionals outside of the manual!