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		jljljl on Jan 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Development Containers I don't believe they use Nix at all. Dev Containers are basically Docker Containers (either pulled from a repo or built from a Dockerfile) with some additional metadata attached so they can work as a Development Environment. Metadata includes stuff to configure debuggers, IDEs, etc.

whateveracct on Jan 25, 2023 [–]

I think the comment meant it does the same thing as Nix derivations. Not that it uses Nix.

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