Farid Zakaria personal blog
Nix wrote half of my debugger
A few days ago I wrote about Rewind VM, a deterministic VM where every run of a Nix build is a pure function of its inputs, thread schedule included! I have been using it to find, reproduce and solve numerous race conditions in Nix builds, but it’s been making me feel a little crazy. What is this superpower, and why…
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Nix wrote half of my debugger by ingve | 241 | 76 |
