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Nix Vegas 2026

Nix Vegas is a DEF CON community event for Nix users and developers, hosted by the SoCal NixOS User Group and Distractions, Inc. The event brings together people interested in using Nix for secure hardware, reproducible supply chains, and self-hosted services. It welcomes newcomers and users of all distros to learn about and participate in the Nix revolution…

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14Speakers
0Sponsors
65Sessions
0Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Nix, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Honeycutt
Alex Decious
Chris Connelly
Daniel Baker
Doom
Ethan Carter Edwards
Farid Zakaria
Jared
Jason Odoom
JB
Maksim Kuskov
Mikhail Ilin
Morgan Jones
Tristan Ross

Agenda

Selected from 65 sessions.

  • 10:00– 10:30

    Nix Vegas Opening Ceremony

    Kickoff and opening of the Nix Vegas space on Friday.

    Events
  • 10:00–10:30

    Nix Vegas Opening Ceremony

    Kickoff and opening of the Nix Vegas space.

  • 10:15–10:30

    Nix Vegas Opening Ceremony

    Kickoff and opening of the Nix Vegas space on Friday, and start of the Nix CTF!

    Events
  • 10:30– 10:45

    How to piss off your Nix friends

    Nix is surging in popularity, and with it the community has taken the stance that Nix should be for everyone & their grandparents. I'm here to fight against that idea and share why…

    Talks
  • 10:30–10:45

    How to piss off your Nix friends

    Nix is surging in popularity, and with it the community has taken the stance that Nix should be for everyone & their grandparents. I'm here to fight against that idea and share why…

    Talks
  • 10:30– 11:00

    Composable Systems with NixOS MicroVMs

    MicroVMs make it easy to give every service, project, or person dedicated NixOS machines. We will use `microvm.nix` to build dev boxes, game servers, and sensitive services on hard…

    Talks
  • 10:30–11:00

    Composable Systems with NixOS MicroVMs

    MicroVMs make it easy to give every service, project, or person dedicated NixOS machines. We will use `microvm.nix` to build dev boxes, game servers, and sensitive services on hard…

    Talks
  • 10:30–11:00

    NixOS Workspaces

    Working on multiple projects simultaneously? Display getting cluttered? Agents in a race condition all trying to fight over the same ports and browser agents? This presentation in…

  • 10:45– 11:00

    Beholden to No One: The Nix Override Ladder

    Home Assistant ships a warning that your install "will not work after 2026.11." DuckStation detects NixOS four different ways and fatally errors your build on purpose. A maintainer…

    Talks
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