abathur

Fixing Shell with Nix + resholve :)

Funding Links: https://github.com/sponsors/abathur

Name: Travis A. Everett
Location: Houston
Kind: user
Followers: 80
Following: 75
Total stars: 340
Repositories count: 80
Created at: 2022-11-04T15:58:02.865Z
Updated at: 2025-03-28T00:53:56.467Z
Last synced at: 2025-03-28T00:53:56.467Z

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I have (at least) three weird superpowers:

I take umbrage at having to repeatedly solve the same problem with brute-force or suboptimal tools.
Once I take umbrage, I have to avoid or fix the cause.
Once I commit to fixing the cause, I am a force of nature.

The top few things on my stack at the moment are:

Lack of Nix-ecosystem support for packaging and interconnecting shell modules (see resholve)
Nix installer issues

🚀 Help update the macOS installer for Catalina (https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3212)
🚀 Update the macOS installer for Big Sur (https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3996)
Sanding down the sharp edges around FileVault caused by the read-only root on macOS Catalina+ (https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/4181)
support --uninstall
support curing problems with active installs

Rough edges on shell history (see shell-hag)
Poor composability of bash profile/prompt modules (see shellswain)

Multi-year yak shaves are eventually rewarding, but the recognition and validation of your sponsorship will go a long way towards keeping my tank topped up.