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Zach Mitchell

@z-mitchell.bsky.social

- Software engineer building reproducible software at Flox - πŸ₯Œ Curling enthusiast - D&D nerd - Former developer of femtosecond laser spectrometers - Rust and Nix/NixOS enjoyer

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National Grouch Day We honor the world's favorite grouch, Oscar, from "Sesame Street."

Happy National Grouch Day, fuckers

nationaltoday.com/national-gro...

15.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
systemd.netdev(5) β€” Arch manual pages

TIL that there’s a Batman in the systemd cinematic universe:

man.archlinux.org/man/systemd....

#linux #systemd

25.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited that this is finally public!

10.09.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re hosting our first Flox User Online Meetup πŸš€

Zach will walk us through Flox services and we'll cover:

- How to add background processes to your environment with services
- Making reusable services with composition
- How services work under the hood

Sign up: buff.ly/g9SkbRi

25.08.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How's your day going? #Nix

25.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It sounds like I might qualify for an EU Blue Card, so I’ve started looking into that 🀞

04.07.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone in the EU looking for a marriage of convenience? Asking for a friend

04.07.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is nominally the plot of Evangelion

27.06.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

On top of that, you now have the ability to perform builds where *you* choose where you land on the rigor vs effort spectrum. No need to use Nixpkgs helper functions, just use the same commands you already know to build your software.

25.06.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a big feature we’ve been working on for a bit and it’s really cool. You essentially get a private, language-agnostic software repository integrated with your developer environment.

25.06.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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FloxHub FloxHub is a cloud service for sharing and collaboration of software environments. Transmit your complete development environment - software and configuration - to a colleague with a single command. M...

@bugarela.bsky.social you can install Quint with @flox.dev now :)

hub.flox.dev/packages/bas...

25.06.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We're thrilled to be part of Redpoint’s 2025 InfraRed 100 list, which highlights 100 transformative companies in cloud infrastructure. Proud to be in such outstanding company!

buff.ly/OFIborH

10.06.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She knows the sounds on my food scale

04.06.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s my cat

03.06.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Search - The rustdoc book

TIL you can search by function signature, type, etc in #Rust docs: doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/read...

30.05.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At least we got to see him cry in person

30.05.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Composition: the feature I've wanted in Flox since I joined the company From the moment I joined Flox, I knew that there was one feature I wanted: composition. This is the ability to build an environment out of other environments. Two years later we finally built out this...

New blog post about a @flox.dev feature I worked on that I've wanted since I joined the company two years ago: tinkering.xyz/flox-composi...

This feature lets you compose developer environments, or prepare distinct, building-block envs and combine them for new projects. It's *so cool*.

#Nix

09.05.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@stoneandbroom.com we’re actually based out of Boulder/Denver, btw :) we curl out of Rock Creek

15.04.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple of shots from our team’s first competitive bonspiel. The Pit Vipers were part of the uniform. #curling

15.04.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Got started on a sleeve for my left arm #tattoos

25.03.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a teenage mutant ninja turtle meeting the power rangers

a teenage mutant ninja turtle meeting the power rangers

Me in the National Security team group chat

25.03.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8601    πŸ” 759    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 11
a screenshot of Signal messages:

- war secrets tonite πŸ‘€
- war secrets tonight queen??
- war secrets tonite πŸ‘€

a screenshot of Signal messages: - war secrets tonite πŸ‘€ - war secrets tonight queen?? - war secrets tonite πŸ‘€

who did this??

24.03.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 14730    πŸ” 1506    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 44

Fuck you

21.03.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfection

20.03.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 19494    πŸ” 2533    πŸ’¬ 855    πŸ“Œ 153

FightinCowboy got me through my first Elden Ring playthrough. I love that guy!

21.03.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As an official #eink stan, there’s a strong urge to buy an E-ink monitor and develop a #hyprland theme that works well for grey scale displays.

I’ve been on a real β€œreducing distractions” kick lately. I’ve been sick all week and decided to leave my Apple Watch off, and feel so much better.

21.03.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Rust team is hiring a Program Manager: hackmd.io/VGauVVEyTN2M...

12.03.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Why Nix, and Why Now? A Flox Live Event | LinkedIn What is it about Nix? Everybody is talking about this all-in-one package manager and build system. But why? In this Flox Live Event, join Kelsey Hightower from Kubernetes and Ron Efroni from the Nix…

There's still time to register for tomorrow's live event with Kelsey Hightower and Ron Efroni! Attend and hear how Nix can change the way you think about managing software.

25.02.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nix represents a different way of building reproducible software, but Nix has its own challenges, and in many ways Docker already won.

So what hope is there for something like Nix in the long run? Come find out tomorrow at the @flox.dev virtual event.

25.02.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I have four plane flights coming up. Such a chore. Packing, checking in, scheduling a cab to the airport, and leaving instructions for my funeral.

18.02.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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