that command requests a flake
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wat
> nix shell
path '/Users/dude/work/github/damus-io/notedeck' does not contain a 'flake.nix', searching up
error: path '/Users/dude/work/github/damus-io/notedeck' is not part of a flake (neither it nor its parent directories contain a 'flake.nix' file)
oh, maybe that's because I am setup with flakes and I guess you're not...
maybe this issue?
flakes are a shitcoin. I have never once used them or needed to use them
I think they help with decentralization, which as a bitcoiner I tend to go towards... I use them all the time to package stuff so I don't have to wait for nixpkgs to do it for me.
Anyway, seems like I depend on a flake to execute the shell.nix but you don't. That's the point.
thats a bizarre setup, flakes are optional. you shouldn't gimp your setup with them. the original mechanism is mkShell, which many projects use
https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-shell
I don't think so, despite being experimental, flakes are widely used by the community.