Biz.Dev is the namespace for business development (duh). Here we define the tools and infrastructure for internal dev work. # Goals of the workflow - have minimal ceremony - default to asynchrony, but allow for synchronous work when necessary - automate the boring stuff - standardize environments, tooling, and versions to minimize friction while collaborating - support the longevity and self-sustainability of the project Ideally, each contributor should be able to go off grid for a day or a week or more, continue working offline, submit their work when finished, and have no or minimal conflicts. This also refers to the resilience of the production systems. We should never need "out of office" email auto-replies, or urgent contact. No pager duty, no daily stand-ups. Yes, this policy will affect what code we write, not just how we write it; that is by design. # Getting started Jump into a development shell: nix-shell Then run `help` to see the dev commands. # Repository organization The source tree maps to the module namespace, and roughly follows the Haskell namespace hierarchy (although nothing is enforced). The root namespace for all code that we own is `Biz`; proprietary applications, products, and infrastructure lives under there. Stuff that can be open sourced or otherwise externalized should be outside of `Biz`. Development aspects should be localized to their sub-namespaces as much as possible. Only after sufficient iteration such that interfaces are solidified and functionality is well-established should some code be promoted up the namespace hierarchy. Start with small namespaces: use `Biz/Thing.hs` before `Biz/Thing/Service.hs`. Try to keep all related code in one spot for as long as possible. Boundaries and interfaces between namespaces should be singular and well-defined. Likewise, the functionality and purpose of a particular namespace should be singular and well-defined. Follow the unix principle of "do one thing and do it well." Namespaces are always capitalized. I would prefer always lowercase, but `ghc` _really_ wants capitalized files, so we appeas `ghc`. In Scheme this actually translates quite well and helps distinguish between types and values. File extensions denote _type_ and indicate to the build system how to handle the file. So for example: - `.hs` is Haskell source code, the build system compiles it - `.scm` is Scheme source code, ditto - `.jnl` is a journal for accounting, the build system will check our balances, make sure we're profitable - `.md` for notes and docs, mostly ignored by the build system # Setting up remote builds The Biz.Dev machine acts as a remote build server and Nix cache. To use it from your local machine, your public key must be at `Biz/Keys/$USER.pub` and your user added to `Biz/Users.nix`, then bild will automatically use your key to run builds on Biz.Dev. To use distributed builds for all nix commands, add the following to your NixOS configuration: nix = { distributedBuilds = true; buildMachines = [ { hostName = "dev.simatime.com"; sshUser = "yourUserName"; sshKey = "/path/to/your/private/key"; system = "x86_64-linux"; supportedFeatures = [ "x86_64-linux" "big-parallel" ]; } ]; };