[ducktective]

You can use nix to provision a dev environment from a package derivation:

https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/command-ref/new-cli/ni...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28184068

  nix develop nixpkgs#emacs

[ghuntley]

Nix is <3. Here's a template where you can take it for a spin on Gitpod.

https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nix

Personally I run all my software via nix, in a monorepo with a layout similar to google3, that generates/serves docker images via https://github.com/google/nixery, supports x64/m1, local development, codespaces and gitpod.

[ratorx]

That sounds interesting, do you have a link?

[ghuntley]

Yes!

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqwEnd_2Vzk (sorry for recording quality but it is worth watching and it'll change how you think about what is possible)

2. http://github.com/ghuntley/ghuntley (see .devcontainer/devcontainer.json and .gitpod.yml for codespaces / gitpod isomorph)

3. https://code.tvl.fyi/tree/

4. Come find us and hangout https://tvl.fyi/ <3