I just switched one of my systems over to NixOS from Arch and so far it seems interesting. One question I had is regarding the nix-shell. So I get the basic concept of it and that it allows creating a shell that has packages installed with that shell making ideal for dev environments. I’ve even seen talks where the suggest nix-shells over docker/podman, my question is how is persistent data (like databases) handled?

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.social
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    8 months ago

    Services like databases that manage runtime information usually store that information in /var or your home directory as usual.