PSA: Use nixos.org tarballs for your flake inputs!

A common pattern for nixpkgs flake inputs is to use a URL like github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable. This isn’t the best choice! Instead, you should probably be using the official project-hosted channel tarballs from channels.nixos.org. Here are a few reasons why: Reduced Download Sizes The project tarballs use zstd compression, which is more efficient than Github’s gzip. By switching, your download sizes drop by 20%, completely free! Forge Independence Many have, justifiably, complained about ...