The author shares their frustrations with Opam as a package manager for OCaml and explains why they decided to switch to Nix. They highlight the challenges of working with different library versions in Opam, the time it takes to release something on the Opam repository, and the installation of non-OCaml libraries. They then

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Why? #Moving to nix flakes #What does this mean for other developers #Building for production #The end #

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