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Episode: The Nix Binary Cache and AWS (nixcon2025)
Description: Behind the Scenes of cache.nixos.org: Scaling Nix’s Binary Cache to Infinity
The Nix binary cache is the silent powerhouse of the Nix ecosystem: every day, it fields thousands of requests per second—amounting to nearly 6 billion requests per month!—for NixOS and Nix users worldwide. But what makes it work at scale, how—or why—is its simplicity a virtue, and how does an ongoing partnership between AWS and the Nix Foundation ensure its availability for years to come?
In this fireside chat, join Ron (Flox), Tarus (AWS), Tom Bereknyei and moderator Ross (Flox) for a conversation about:
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