Oh wow!! Thank you everyone!!! I will definitely show our conversation thread to my partners - in fact, right now!!! Let's make it happen!!
> On Jul 31, 2022, at 01:20, Phil <p...@beadling.co.uk> wrote: > > > Olivier Dion via writes: > >>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2022, Yasuaki Kudo <y...@yasuaki.com> wrote: >>> I have been exposed to the world of Docker images and Continuous >>> Integration that seem spend most of the time downloading and building >>> them 😅 >> >> Yup. Tons of energy wasted and pollution generated. >> >>> Have you heard of Guix Hosting services jusy like the Docker or Github >>> companies target enterprises customers? >> >> IMO Guix is still very niche. Only a handful of Unix enthusiasms / >> scientifics use it and companies are not in yet. I might be wrong. > > I introduced Guix to a company called Quantile where I work as the > Head of Enterprise Architecture. Docker would have been the typical > mainstream alternative, but for the reasons you say and others Guix was > considered a more complete solution to a whole engineering ecosystem. > Nix was also considered, but we went with Guix in the end. > > We have integrated it into our standard Jenkins pipeline and AWS cloud, > and it plays a central role both in how developers work (eg replacing > Python's virtual environments) and how software is deployed by our CI/CD > system. > > It was a bit of a punt, given Guix is not yet widely used outside > academia, but it ticked all the boxes, performed well in PoC tests, and > seemed like a solid tech decision - and one I'm still very pleased I made! > > We've done a few talks on our setup and integration with more standard > commercial tooling - in case you haven't seen these they might be of interest: > https://www.cloudbees.com/videos/purely-functional-ci-cd-pipeline-using-jenkins-with-guix > https://xana.lepiller.eu/guix-days-2022/guix-days-2022-guix-aws-lambda.mkv > > I'm always very interested in any discussions regarding Guix use in > mainstream and commerical projects - I think it has a bright future in > this space. > > > Phil
