Infrastructure

I’ve written about Talos Linux as the immutable Kubernetes OS, and I’ve compared Arch vs NixOS for workstations. But there’s a question I get asked often: what about NixOS for Kubernetes nodes? Both NixOS and Talos are declarative. Both can be immutable. Both version their configuration. So why would you choose one over the other for running Kubernetes? I’ve run both in production. Here’s what I’ve learned. The Philosophical Difference Before diving into specifics, understand the core difference: ...