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Ryan Mulligan

Nix/NixOS enthusiast. Helping build Replit's developer experience.

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Skip the README, let us install for you

If you’ve ever tried to install a complex Python package, you know the pain of scouring the package’s README for the apt install or brew install commands necessary to bring in the system-level dependencies the package needs. This approach can be time-consuming and frustrating, especially when a cascade of errors indicates a missing system dependency — a pain point that isn't always immediately obvious.