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0xtr 2y ago

lol, deleted the "target" and "node_modules" folders in my projects and my dev folder went from 70 GB to 4 GB

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average_bitcoiner 2y ago

You should use nix if you like taking up a lot of disk space

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0xtr 2y ago

That’s a rabbit hole I have yet to explore. Why does nix take up so much disk space?

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average_bitcoiner 2y ago

You download all dependencies. Even if its already on your system. Because the dependencoes for nix are hashed to exact binaries.

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0xtr 2y ago

Oh yeah, that’s to make the builds reproducible or something?

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average_bitcoiner 2y ago

Yup. Hashes all the way down

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Dennis 1y ago

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optout 1y ago

I `cargo clean` more often than I wash my hands :D