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by kodefant 1276 days ago
Hi! This is just my very biased opinion, but in very short terms:

It's quicker, less work and you get servers running on a Nix flakes server config from the start with everything working just by filling out a form.

Especially in the freelance and startup sector, I think this brings value in terms of saving time.

That said, nothing wrong with the approach you are describing.

My target audience is a typical web developer that do not have time or energy to learn everything with NixOS from scratch, but wants to get a working Nix configuration and learn Nix a bit more softly with working code that works from the start.

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IMO those are good ideas. I've set up a few NixOS servers with various general-purpose VPS companies, and there are often minor irritations in getting the OS installed.