miniblog.

I've written difftastic packaging instructions: https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/packaging_difftastic.html The different distros have taken different approaches, so I'm trying to help with common gotchas — don't forget the man page! Feedback welcome, especially if you've ever packaged something 🙂

The most common selling point I hear for Nix is having a list of all the packages you need. On a traditional Linux distro, I just install things and forget about them. A curated, commented list would certainly be handy when I have a new system.

TIL there are multiple developer tools called asdf! (1) https://github.com/fare/asdf (Common Lisp build tool) (2) https://asdf-vm.com/ (manages installed PL runtimes, like a generic nvm or rbenv) I'm surprised multiple folks like the name, I'd worry that it's easy to forget.