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NixVegas @nixvegas.bsky.social · Aug 10
That's it, DEF CON 33 has concluded. We've had an awesome turnout and it couldn't have been done without the community, our sponsors, and everyone involved. If you have any pictures that aren't crowd shots, feel free to reply to this thread. Be sure to visit us next year!
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The retrospective for Nix Vegas 2025 is live. The photos & talks are also available on our Immich instance.

nix.vegas/blog/2025-re...

Photos: relive.nix.vegas/share/4X5iSI...
Talks: relive.nix.vegas/share/qRwLI0...
Nix Vegas - The road to rebuilding the world
Looking back at DEF CON's first Nix Community
nix.vegas
August 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
nixvegas.bsky.social
That's it, DEF CON 33 has concluded. We've had an awesome turnout and it couldn't have been done without the community, our sponsors, and everyone involved. If you have any pictures that aren't crowd shots, feel free to reply to this thread. Be sure to visit us next year!
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Day 3 of DEF CON is going strong, we still have many more badges & shirts to hand out.
August 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Day 2 of DEF CON 33 went great. After switching to high gain antennas on our Protecli VP6670, the network started to perform smoothly.

#DEFCON #NixVegas #Nix
August 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Day 2 has begun, this marks the start of Nix Vegas at DEF CON 33. Come watch the talks given by the community at live.nixos.lv.

Schedule: nix.vegas/schedule
Speakers: nix.vegas/speakers

#DEFCON #NixOS #Nix
Nix Vegas: Rebuild The World
Streaming talks from Nix Vegas @ DEF CON 33
live.nixos.lv
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Nix Vegas community too far for you at DEF CON? We've got you covered. With our powerline Ethernet adapters, you can PXE boot anywhere in the LVCC this year. It is truly access anywhere!
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Day 1 setup is complete! We've had a very first successful start to DEF CON 33 this year. We got the NOC online, including AV. All human badges were handed out without any issues. Be sure to join us tomorrow at our space in C209 at 10:00 for the opening ceremonies.
August 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Nix Vegas SoCal team has departed with 8TB of nixpkgs evaluations on a NextComputing Nexus flyaway kit. We are looking forward to an exciting first year at DEF CON.

#DEFCON #Nix #NixOS
August 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Tomorrow is the start of #DEFCON 33. Come join us near the OS Community starting Friday morning to load up on the 120,000+ tools in nixpkgs for when conference wifi goes down. We also have ISOs, Proxmox images, and PXE boot to install NixOS.

nix.vegas/schedule

#DEFCON #Nix
Nix Vegas - Schedule
A DEF CON Community for contributors and users of Nix and NixOS
nix.vegas
August 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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⚠️ Schedule and speaker bios for #NixVegas at #DEFCON are up on our site and Hacker Tracker!

nix.vegas/schedule
nix.vegas/speakers

While you're at it, check out our artwork by Kenz Tobias and grab some stickers while you're watching talks:

nix.vegas/blog/artwork
August 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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As we approach DEF CON 33, our CFP will close tonight at 11:59 PDT.

sessionize.com/NixVegas

#Nix #NixOS #NixVegas #DEFCON
Nix Vegas @ DEF CON 33: Call for Speakers
With Nix, you don't even have to imagine that you can build the digital commons from scratch. One change to the bootstrap, and you'll rebuild the worl...
sessionize.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We are excited to announce our official artwork for this year's theme, Rebuild The World, by Kenz Tobias from Vista, California!

nix.vegas/blog/artwork/

You can follow Kenz on Twitch or Instagram:
www.twitch.tv/kenz_tobias_...
www.instagram.com/kenz_tobias_...
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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We are pleased to introduce Rambo Anderson-You, a security engineer at BILL, who will be discussing 'Getting to Top 250 on HtB with Nix and LLMs'.

#NixVegas #DEFCON
July 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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We are pleased to introduce Wes Payne, co-host of LINUX Unplugged, who will be discussing 'Mesh Network Sidecars for NixOS Services'.

#NixVegas #DEFCON
July 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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We are pleased to introduce Farid Zakaria, a software engineer and PhD student, who will be discussing 'Learn Nix the Fun Way'.

#NixVegas #DEFCON
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We are thrilled to announce our first panel talk for Nix Vegas. Join the DEF CON Community Stage for Rebuild The World.

Featuring Tom Berek from Flox and the Nix Steering Committee, Farid Zakaria, Daniel Baker, and moderated by Morgan Jones. Learn how Nix can bring control back to your homelab.
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We are pleased to introduce Alex Decious, a software engineer at Actionable Outcomes, who will be discussing '0 to Infra in 100 Days: A Nix Speedrun'.

#NixVegas #DEFCON
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We're happy to announce that the CFP has been extended through till the end of July. We'd also like to take this time to give a short preview of the first round of talks.

nix.vegas/blog/sneak-p...
Nix Vegas - Extended CFP, and a sneak preview
Get a preview of this year's Nix Vegas talks in advance of DEF CON
nix.vegas
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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We are glad to announce a software sponsor, @determinate.systems‬. Determinate Systems provides streamlined tools that simplify software development and deployment using Nix in the enterprise.

Visit Determinate Systems' website at determinate.systems.
Determinate Systems
Bringing Nix to the enterprise to empower fearless software delivery
determinate.systems
June 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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We are glad to announce a hardware sponsor, Next Computing. They are providing hardware to assist us with the demo we will be showing off at Nix Vegas.

Visit Next Computing's website at nextcomputing.com.

nix.vegas#sponsors

#Nix #NixOS #DEFCON #NixVegas
June 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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📢 Major #NixVegas speaker announcement: @flox.dev has generously offered to sponsor a limited number of DEF CON Human badges for accepted speakers giving talks of 30 minutes or more. CFP will continue until July 5th.

Submit your talks here: sessionize.com/NixVegas

#Nix #NixOS #NixVegas #DEFCON
Nix Vegas @ DEF CON 33: Call for Speakers
With Nix, you don't even have to imagine that you can build the digital commons from scratch. One change to the bootstrap, and you'll rebuild the worl...
sessionize.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We are glad to announce a software sponsor, @flox.dev. Flox is a platform that lets developers and operators focus on building quickly with reproducible environments that span the enterprise SDLC

Visit Flox's website at flox.dev.

nix.vegas#sponsors

#Nix #NixOS #DEFCON #NixVegas
Flox | Your dev environment, everywhere
Manage and share development environments with all the frameworks and libraries you need, then publish artifacts anywhere. Harness the power of Nix.
flox.dev
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We are glad to announce a hardware sponsor, Ampere Computing. They are providing hardware to assist us with the demo we will be showing off at Nix Vegas during DEF CON 33.

Visit Ampere Computing's website at amperecomputing.com.

nix.vegas#sponsors

#Nix #NixOS #DEFCON #NixVegas
Ampere Cloud Computing Solutions for Efficient and Scalable Performance
Discover how Ampere's unique design delivers unmatched efficiency, meeting the growing demand for cloud computing while consuming minimal resources.
amperecomputing.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Love Nix & DEF CON? Want to share something interesting? Our CFP is open today and ends on July 5th. Be sure to register on Sessionize.

sessionize.com/NixVegas

#Nix #NixOS #DEFCON #NixVegas
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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We are glad to announce a hardware sponsor, Protectli. They will be providing us with hardware to run our mesh network setup at Nix Vegas at DEF CON 33.

Visit Protectli's website at protectli.com.

nix.vegas#sponsors

#Nix #NixOS #DEFCON #NixVegas
June 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM