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+title: I'm speaking at NixCon North America 2024!
+date: 2024-01-04
+tags: [nix, nixos, nixcon, docker]
+hero:
+  ai: Canon EOS R10, Photo by Xe Iaso
+  file: actual-space-needle
+  prompt: "A photo of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington with an abnormally blue sky in the background."
+---
+
+Hey all, I'm speaking at [NixCon North America](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/announcing-first-nixcon-north-america/35874) this year! I'm going to be speaking about the joys of building Docker images with Nix and how Nix is a better Docker image builder than Docker's image builder.
+
+<XeblogPicture
+  path="blog/2024/nixcon-na/e651f1309ecf5edb9b0401f4940edf2ba70676b0"
+  alt="An announcement image for the first speaker reveal of NixCon North America. It announces the following talks: High & Low Lights of Adopting Nix at Looker by Farid Zakaria, Eng Manager at Google. Workshop: Intro to Nix by Rok and Tom, Eng at Flox. And finally Nix, a better docker image builder by Xe Iaso, Senior Technophilosopher at fly.io"
+/>
+
+<XeblogConv name="Cadey" mood="enby" standalone>
+  Docker is everywhere, but Nix is not. Nix lets you build Docker images that
+  are easier to deploy than images made with the normal Docker build flow. Want
+  to learn how to make images with a 100% build efficiency and turn your
+  application deployments from pushing many layers at a time to only pushing
+  what actually changed? You can do it with Nix.
+</XeblogConv>
+
+This is more of a beginner-focused talk and it's intended to be a bridge into Nix so that you can fit Nix into your existing flows more easily instead of burning down everything and starting over from scratch. Docker images have become the de-facto package format for the Internet, so letting you fit Nix into the equation means that you can gradually experiment on things.
+
+If you're interested in seeing my talk, make sure to head to [SCALE 21x](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) in Pasadena, California on March 14-17, 2024 at the Pasadena Convention Center. I'll have some goodies to give out!
+
+<XeblogConv name="Mara" mood="hacker">
+  Maybe even some stickers of me, the adorable hacker shark!
+</XeblogConv>
+
+Stay safe out there!