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opencode with superpowers. It can do everything in a container with docker and nix

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opencode with superpowers. It can do everything in a container with docker and nix

TL;DR: A lightweight Docker image (~223MB) that combines Nix package manager with non-root isolation, enabling AI coding assistants like OpenCode and Claude Code to install any software safely without admin privileges or home directory leaks. UPDATE: If you want a more light and mainstream approch you can use the

Vibe Coding Safely: The Ultimate Guide to AI Development with OpenCode and NixOS via docker-nixuser

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Vibe Coding Safely: The Ultimate Guide to AI Development with OpenCode and NixOS via docker-nixuser

In the era of AI-powered development, tools like OpenCode are revolutionizing how we write, test, and debug code. These intelligent assistants can generate code, execute commands, and even auto-correct errors, all from the comfort of your terminal. But with great power comes great responsibility. The Security Dilemma OpenCode is a

GNOME 49 Ram usage on NixOS, Chimera Linux and Manjaro

I tried GNOME 49 on Manjaro, NixOS, and Chimera, and the RAM usage varied dramatically: Manjaro used 948 MB (90 processes), Chimera used 1.12 GB (107 processes), and NixOS used 757 MB (88 processes). Of course, memory consumption depends on how many background services are running, but if you’

THE BEST OPERATING SYSTEM: LINUX vs FREEBSD vs WINDOWS

Benchmark comparing CPU performance between Linux (Ubuntu 23.10, NixOS 23.05, Chimera Linux, Clearlinux), FreeBSD 13.2, and Windows 11. Tested Firefox 118 and Brave Browser based on Chromium 118. Why? Modern operating systems shares a lot of similarities and nowdays the browser is the most used app, Firefox

NixOS Linux review, is it really the alternative to Debian and Archlinux ?

NixOS 23.05 is a really impressive Linux distro, it is stable as Debian stable and updated as Archlinux. NixOS Linux killer features * Declarative: in normal Linux distro you configure the operating system with a sequence of commands, in NixOS you describe the configuration state in a configuration.nix file.