Ooh let me try...
"except you can't deploy Dockerfiles"
With docker you deploy the artifact, same with Nix. Nix can also create docker images.
> , and even if you could, better be sure that every employee is using Nix and have the same configuration.
How is this different than employees needing to have the same docker version?
In a large org, either will likely be provisioned.
> The whole point of docker is to make reproducible builds everywhere, not just your computer.
No.
Docker doesn't make reproducible builds, it makes repeatable builds.
The whole point of Nix is to make reproducible builds everywhere.
Ooh let me try...
"except you can't deploy Dockerfiles"
With docker you deploy the artifact, same with Nix. Nix can also create docker images.
> , and even if you could, better be sure that every employee is using Nix and have the same configuration.
How is this different than employees needing to have the same docker version?
In a large org, either will likely be provisioned.
> The whole point of docker is to make reproducible builds everywhere, not just your computer.
No.
Docker doesn't make reproducible builds, it makes repeatable builds.
The whole point of Nix is to make reproducible builds everywhere.