Could someone post (or link to) the history of Nix, the package manager? Who developed it, key project milestones, etc.? I understand it comes from, or led to, NixOS Linux distribution which uses Nix of course.
The nixos.org website is a bit sparse on the Nix project's history, and same with wikipedia (though separately mentions that NixOS was a research project started by Eelco Dolstra in 2003).
Edit: I have been playing with NixOS at home for a few months and I think it's very interesting, but I'm a bit surprised I haven't heard more about it over the past decade or so. I'm thinking that the recent industry focus on deployments and provisioning has caused more people to come across it.
The nixos.org website is a bit sparse on the Nix project's history, and same with wikipedia (though separately mentions that NixOS was a research project started by Eelco Dolstra in 2003).