Zach Mitchell

Zach Mitchell

@z-mitchell.bsky.social

- Software engineer building anti-ransomware software with Rust and eBPF - 🥌 Curling enthusiast - D&D nerd - Former developer of femtosecond laser spectrometers - Rust, Zig, and Nix/NixOS enjoyer

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Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

I really enjoy the sense of power I get from telling companies to fuck off into oblivion when they show/send me simping "are you sure you want to cancel your subscription?" messages. Yes, I have never been more sure of anything in my life. Thank you for letting me self actualize.

Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

I’ve been using “lima” to manage VMs and every time I see “lima” I read “ligma.” I can’t tell anyone at work because they’re actual professionals, so here you go, internet. #deardiary

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Flox
@flox.dev

CFP for PlanetNix 2026 is open! Two days. Two tracks. Talks, workshops, lightning talks… • Using Nix in production or at home • Reproducible builds, cross-compiling, cursed computing stories • Dev experience, onboarding, and adoption • Nix tricks Submit your talk: buff.ly/wHMR3Q8

Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

So excited that this is finally public!

Flox@flox.dev

We’re teaming up with NVIDIA and the Nix Foundation to make CUDA-accelerated stacks easier to build and ship! 🎉 From AI and ML to HPC and beyond, teams can now create reproducible CUDA environments that just work — anytime, anywhere. 👉 Sign up for early access: buff.ly/xTKCEwu

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Flox
@flox.dev

We’re hosting our first Flox User Online Meetup 🚀 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

Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

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.

Flox@flox.dev

We are excited to share Flox 1.5! With this pivotal release, users can build packages and publish them into the Flox Catalog for the first time. New subcommands have been added and there is a new section in the manifest to define package outputs. See buff.ly/PbGR2VH for downloads and release notes.

github.comRelease Flox v1.5.0 · flox/floxThis is a significant release of the Flox CLI and includes support for package builds using our manifest build system as well as the ability to publish packages for you to consume via Flox environm...
Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

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.

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Flox
@flox.dev

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

Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

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

tinkering.xyzComposition: the feature I've wanted in Flox since I joined the companyFrom 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...
Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

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 “reducing distractions” kick lately. I’ve been sick all week and decided to leave my Apple Watch off, and feel so much better.

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Kelsey Hightower
@kelseyhightower.com

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.

Flox@flox.dev

We are hosting a live event this Wednesday with @kelseyhightower.com and Ron Efroni from the Nix Foundation: Why Nix, and Why Now? If you've heard of Nix ❄️ and total software flexibility appeals to you, but you don't know where to start... start here!

buff.lyWhy Nix, and Why Now? A Flox Live Event | LinkedInWhat 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…
Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

Decided to try out Amazon’s AI thing today and asked it to find me products similar to an $8 USB-A reading light but with USB-C. Its recommendation was a $140 monitor light bar. Cool, good job.

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The Onion
@theonion.com

Boston Dynamics Dog Unstoppable At Puppy Bowl theonion.com/super-b...

theonion.comBoston Dynamics Dog Unstoppable At Puppy BowlGLENS FALLS, NY—Breaking its own record after scoring a touchdown to rack up its 600th point within the first quarter, the Boston Dynamics dog appeared unstoppable at the Puppy Bowl, sources confirmed Sunday. “It looks like Nacho is headed into the end zone, and—oh no, another brutal tackle from Spot, the robotic dog!” said game commentator Steve Levy, who clutched his head and winced as the gadget began emitting a high-pitched noise that caused the few still-standing puppies to crumple unconscious to the ground. “Oof, that’s gotta hurt! This is one dog that sure likes to play rough. It’ll be interesting to see what he does with the arm he’s protracting. Good God, Spot, no. That’s the referee! Run, everybody. Run for your lives!” At press time, the robotic dog was reportedly showboating with a victory dance on a pile of its opponents’ corpses.
Zach Mitchell
@z-mitchell.bsky.social

One of the most fun things you can do when you’re into #whiskey, #wine, #coffee etc is taste things blind. Without someone to pour for me I’ve made a bunch of blind samples and a few spreadsheets so that I can blind taste a bunch of stuff on my own.