Add NixOS post

archetypes/default.md

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 draft: false # I don't care for draft mode, git has branches for that
 description: ""
 tags:
-  - ci/cd
   - accounting
   - c++
+  - ci/cd
   - cli
   - design-pattern
   - docker
   - drone
   - git
   - hugo
+  - nix
+  - self-hosting
   - test
 categories:
   - programming

content/posts/the-great-nix-exode.md

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+---
+title: "The Great Nix Exode"
+date: 2021-02-09T20:38:51+01:00
+draft: false # I don't care for draft mode, git has branches for that
+description: "My journey into declarative infrastructure"
+tags:
+  - self-hosting
+  - nix
+categories:
+  - software
+series:
+favorite: false
+disable_feed: false
+---
+
+After reading up on [NixOS][nixos] and its package manager, [Nix][nix], I have
+finally taken the plunge and migrated my website and various services to it.
+
+[nixos]: https://nixos.org/
+[nix]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix
+
+<!--more-->
+
+This is a very simple blog post to mark the event, I have finally graduated from
+my pile of `docker-compose` that needed massaging every time I wanted to bring
+up all my services at once.
+
+You can find the relevant configurations files on this [repository][nix-config]
+
+[nix-config]: https://gitea.belanyi.fr/ambroisie/nix-config