Not something I've tried personally, but maybe PantherX (Guix-based) could be relevant here? https://www.pantherx.org/
30 Jul 2022 17:18:13 Yasuaki Kudo <y...@yasuaki.com>: > 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
