chmod 105: Just in the Nix of time with Pol Dellaiera
From Drupal to Nix, the unconventional open source journey of Pol Dellaiera
Embark in an unconventional open source journey with Pol Dellaiera in episode 5 of the chmodcast. It all starts with saving every euro to buy his first computer as a kid… Then it goes to Drupal, Symfony, and now Nix, where Pol’s contributions as a maintainer with commits rights make the lives of PHP developers easier than ever. Package manager, operating system and even functional language: Nix does it all. Let’s dive in!
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00:20 — Episode introduction
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01:45 — SymfonyCon Brussels
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03:00 — Introducing Pol Dellaiera
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05:03 — A love for computers that leads to a career in IT
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08:31 — Open source journey, from Drupal 5 to Symfony to Nix
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18:31 — Installing NixOS and saving configuration files
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21:45 — Maintaining and adding packages to Nix
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24:20 — Nix language
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26:36 — Example of a contribution to Nix
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30:33 — How many people work on Nix?
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32:43 — How to use and contribute to Nix?
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34:40 — What’s in the future for Nix? (Flakes!)
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37:33 — Silly questions time!
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41:10 — Next episode teaser
Thank you to Pol for taking us on his journey, but it doesn’t end there! He just published his master’s thesis about “Reproducibility in Software Engineering”, 20+ years after completing his bachelor’s degree! Check out the links below to learn more about Pol’s ongoing projects and stay in the loop with his work.
Do you have an open-source story of your own that you want to share? Join us for an episode of Change Mode, apply now to be a guest.
Shoutout to our incredible podcast host, Marine Gandy, our resident Drupal expert and DevRel Engineer at Platform.sh. There’ll be plenty more from Marine coming soon, stay tuned!
Follow us on X to get the latest updates on upcoming episodes.
Embark in an unconventional open source journey with Pol Dellaiera in episode 5 of the chmodcast. It all starts with saving every euro to buy his first computer as a kid… Then it goes to Drupal, Symfony, and now Nix, where Pol’s contributions as a maintainer with commits rights make the lives of PHP developers easier than ever. Package manager, operating system and even functional language: Nix does it all. Let’s dive in!
- 00:20 — Episode introduction
- 01:45 — SymfonyCon Brussels
- 03:00 — Introducing Pol Dellaiera
- 05:03 — A love for computers that leads to a career in IT
- 08:31 — Open source journey, from Drupal 5 to Symfony to Nix
- 18:31 — Installing NixOS and saving configuration files
- 21:45 — Maintaining and adding packages to Nix
- 24:20 — Nix language
- 26:36 — Example of a contribution to Nix
- 30:33 — How many people work on Nix?
- 32:43 — How to use and contribute to Nix?
- 34:40 — What’s in the future for Nix? (Flakes!)
- 37:33 — Silly questions time!
- 41:10 — Next episode teaser
Thank you to Pol for taking us on his journey, but it doesn’t end there! He just published his master’s thesis about “Reproducibility in Software Engineering”, 20+ years after completing his bachelor’s degree! Check out the links below to learn more about Pol’s ongoing projects and stay in the loop with his work.
Do you have an open-source story of your own that you want to share? Join us for an episode of Change Mode, apply now to be a guest.
Shoutout to our incredible podcast host, Marine Gandy, our resident Drupal expert and DevRel Engineer at Platform.sh. There’ll be plenty more from Marine coming soon, stay tuned!
Follow us on X to get the latest updates on upcoming episodes.
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