Nix 2.26.2, 2.26.3, 2.27.0, 2.28.0, 2.28.1 with Nix Team members

Full Time Nix

https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.28/release-notes/rl-2.27
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.28/release-notes/rl-2.28

https://snix.dev/
https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0132-meson-builds-nix.md

https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/10/an-early-look-at-nix-dynamic-derivations
https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/11/nix-dynamic-derivations-a-practical-application
https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/12/nix-dynamic-derivations-a-lang2nix-practicum

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-ninja-ninja-compatible-incremental-build-system-for-nix/62594?u=mightyiam

https://mesonbuild.com/
https://cmake.org/
https://ninja-build.org/
https://bazel.build/
https://buck2.build/

Chapters (generated)

00:00 Introduction
01:26 Nix File Formatting
02:38 Packaging Improvements and Granularity
05:27 Development Shell and Build Process
06:32 Error Message Improvements
09:21 Hydra Code Simplification
13:00 Bug Fixes and Maintenance
17:25 New Features in Flakes
21:32 Git LFS Support and Fetching Mechanisms
24:09 Change Root Store Enhancements
28:10 --out-link flag for Prefetch Command
30:13 Understanding File Descriptors and Process Management
31:59 BLAKE3 Hash Support and Its Implications
34:03 Release 2.27.0: Infrastructure Overhaul and Changes
35:47 C++ API Rework and Its Impact
38:25 Stability and Breaking Changes in Nix
42:34 Downstream Project Involvement and Ecosystem Participation
50:03 C API Development and Global Variables
52:32 Future Directions: Dynamic Derivations and Ecosystem Growth