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Excuse me, peasant crontab enjoyer here, but what?! I could write a (mostly) declarative system without having to learn Nix?! I should probably be learning systemd anyway, it's looking more and more like the present, let alone the future.
I run a bunch of remote reverse proxies that are functionally identical, but for having a different Cloudflare key and calling for a different static IP
Could I write the entire config to a self hosted Git > pull that repo > change those two variables and have a running machine?
Remote updates have been kicking my ass, I either can't wrap my head around Screen or it isn't fit for my need. Being able to pull the new config from Git over Tailscale and then run it would be game changing for me.
If you need a half step on your journey, convert your crontab to systemd timers first.
In fact, I do need a half step. Legend, thank you.
Most compiled output of NixOS configuration (besides packages, perhaps) is just systemd units anyway. I found out quickly when learning nix that my lack of systemd prowess was going to cap how well I could understand NixOS.