I agree. Nix tends to change option names a lot over time and the most reliable source tends to be the actual source of nixpkgs. The other part of nixos in my opinion is figuring out the syntax and the architecture of nixos itself. I find that people don’t tend to not learn when GenAI does everything for them. I’m aware GenAI is a very large and contentious topic right now, but I personally believe it shifts the job of writing and architecting code into code review (great when it works, disastrous when it doesn’t). MIT also did a study finding similar effects on learning and retaining information https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/a-i-s-effects-on-the-brain/.

Overall, very cool, and I think there’s potential, but I also think that the tool may need to help step people through what it’s doing so it can be a tool for learning not just click a button, pay 100$, and you have a “working” app or OS for about 3 weeks.

In reply to @prestonh:matrix.org
As a suggestion, I would probably integrate some form of the NixOS wiki or some other tutorial or learning tool in your generator. Most people in this room and the NixOS community in general are probably going to have similar opinions on GenAI with regards to nix; and most people are not trying to discourage you either, we just haven’t seen good nix code come from GenAI due to the scope of NixOS catering to a wide population of users

AI pooping code out on your screen feels better than the feedback loop of reading & understanding documentation, but it's worse.

This is not acceptable Winter K900 Preston redbeardymcgee . Don't pile on somebody asking an innocent question, it destroys the free flow of information.

Sorry about the bad reception x12