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# Native configs
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Contains all configurations that are written in their native configuration language.
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## Why native language?
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- Easier portability
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- Syntax highlighting and robust checking without needing to realize derivation
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- Nix can read from [JSON](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/builtins.html#builtins-fromJSON),
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[TOML](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/release-notes/rl-2.6.html#release-26-2022-01-24).
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- We have also managed to hack together a [fromYaml](./../nix-conf/lib/serde/default.nix),
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though it will not work for strictly pure builds or bootstrapping builds.
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## When to use Nix to generate config?
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- Original configuraiton language requires too much duplication that can be solved with Nix
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