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The AI tends his system configs, easy to back out when wrong

Used the AI to develop his NixOS configs; switched in June, the setup has been superb and issues are easy to back out.

How it works

  1. He uses AI to develop his operating system configs
  2. Switched in June
  3. The setup has been superb and issues are easy to back out

Why it’s worth knowing

Declarative configs are the undo button that makes agent help safe.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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