Ask HN: Why is Nix so common in robotics/IoT?

by jmartens on 2/13/2025, 8:08:03 PM with 0 comments
Everywhere I look in the Nix ecosystem, I see robotics companies and other hardware makers using Nix. My anecdata says that there seems to be an outsized adoption of Nix/NixOS in these industries.

Why do you think this is?