So… the chatbot just accepted a new email address for any account? WOW…

I Like the idea, But the Implantation ist complicated enough, that it Acts as a high Barrier to entry

nc is reserved for netcat- can’t use that….

This can only be a good thing.

What? I see two nines!

Used Linux 15+ years professionally. Love NixOS right now, but also Debian

You should all try fresh (the editor)…

Well, if you already have this stuff for VirtualBox? Not saying it’s good.

Known interface and automation apis?

Yes and no. I like the config language of GUIX better, but it has far fewer packages, and you are even more on your own figuring out how anything works. Choose your poison I guess.

Out of all the ways that I have tried in the past, to reproduce not just the initial state, but also the ongoing changes of a disto (ansible, saltstack, chef, bunch of Shell scripts) — nix is by far the shortest. With all of these technologies I would never have dreamed to do this for a single Maschine. But now it’s not only possible, but actually gasp enjoyable!

Mind you, if that is not the problem you want to solve, maybe install just the nix package manager in addition to your distribution, and learn to enjoy it without having to run your whole distribution this way.