The Nixcon 2019 CfP is open https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixcon-2019-cfp-is-now-open/3318 https://cfp.nixcon.org/nixcon2019/cfp

I added some entries in acef64d. Didn't notice that the Github Edit button would immediately make the commit here -- I hope that is OK, otherwise I can fix things if you tell me what I should do.

I prefer people editing here, I go through before I publish anyway :)

• Cachix 0.2.1 released

  Upgrade via the usual: $ nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install
  Most notable improvement is default compression has been lowered to increase
  bandwidth throughput and it's overridable via --compression-level.

• Hercules CI #5 update requiredSystemFeatures, Cachix and Darwin support

  Preview access for the CI is expanding to all subscribers as we've reached feature parity for the public launch.

The NixCon 2019 ticket sale have been announced: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixcon-2019-ticket-presale/3434

• Functional DevOps in a Dysfunctional World

Blog post on NixOS tests: https://nixos.mayflower.consulting/blog/2019/07/11/leveraging-nixos-tests-in-your-project/

Obsidian Systems is hiring a Nix engineer: https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/cf8ni3/job_offer_obsidian_systems_is_hiring_a_nix/

New nixfmt release: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixfmt-beta-release/3545, please try it out on your code and give us feedback!

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixery-serve-container-images-straight-from-nix/3579

https://ian.pw/posts/2019-07-19-nix-nixos-first-impressions.html