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Keystone v0.1.0 — First Working Desktop

The first alpha release: encrypted NixOS with Hyprland, TPM2, Secure Boot

2025-11-08

programming

Declarative vs Procedural Programming

Understanding the fundamental difference between describing what you want versus how to get it

2024-12-18

nixos

Hardware Keys, Age, and Agenix: A Complete NixOS Secrets Stack

Why hardware-backed encryption matters for NixOS secrets and how YubiKey, age, and agenix compose into a declarative trust chain

2026-02-25

The History of NixOS

From PhD thesis to production-ready OS: the evolution of purely functional system configuration

2024-12-18

nix

Adopting Nix Shells Before NixOS

A practical guide to incremental Nix adoption with direnv, dotenv, and process management

2024-12-23

Nix Dev Shell Concepts

Project-specific development environments that just work

2024-12-18

How Home Manager Replaces Homebrew and Dotfiles

Moving from Homebrew plus dotfiles to declarative user environment management on macOS

2024-12-18

storage

COW Block Storage and Why Keystone Prefers ZFS

Understanding copy-on-write filesystems and their role in reliable infrastructure

2024-12-18