.. [ELSEWHERE]

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Journal

At the end of 2026Q1, the Nixpkgs CUDA Team is worse off, and the least sustainable it’s been since its founding: the urgency and demand for attention at their highest, availability at its lowest. Here we briefly explain what that means.

Late 2023, early 2024. We (“Author”), at the time still employed by Aalto University to work towards a doctoral thesis, largely shift our focus from code contributions to reviews and meetings. We’ve been slowly giving up ownership over cudaPackages. We still take on personal liability to review, approve, and merge partial and entangled solutions required to keep CUDA in Nixpkgs, including those of (reinterpretations of) our own designs.

Summer 2024. We begin setting up ELSM3[9]. The aim is to make our Nixpkgs work more sustainable, to secure ourselves from financial dependency on Aalto University, and eventually provide for inependent research. We cold-mail a number of known corporate users of Nixpkgs CUDA (PDT Partners, &c.). After the podcast with Valentin @fricklerhandwerk, we are contacted by Eric of GenHealth, who we briefly collaborate with.

Samuel (@samuela), founder of the team, appears to withdraw from Nixpkgs activity. We collaborate primarily with @ConnorBaker. Per Author’s uninformed, impression, Connor in these three years will have moved from a precarious position, employed as a US citizen by the French then-TWEAG, to what we assume might be an even more stressful and even less rewarding environment. During this time he’ll demonstrate not only great skill, but remarkable integrity in never compromising the interests of Nixpkgs, sometimes at the cost of doing double the work.

January 2025. We start replacing the “toiminimi” with a limited liability entity, KerruKinutum.com,[136] and probe interest in alternative offers so as to avoid financial dependency on Nixpkgs CUDA. We draft this, /cuda, Proposal. The initial version identifies the possible commercial offer as for the consumer to be able to…

“…enjoy the confidence to advance their pinned release or nixpkgs-unstable branches without breaking CUDA-accelerated pipelines.”

It lays out the obvious first steps. After some iteration, we formulate the requirement that Nixpkgs CUDA CI be deployed in batches distributed over a network of independent maintainer-run entities on terms of right-of-access for the Team. We’re partially motivated by a conversation about decentralizing our OfBorg CI, that we’ve had wiht Jonas. We reason that “Nixpkgs CUDA”, if successful, is a project that undermines its own commercial viability. We formulate that it must be priced on the “value” basis, and can only be sold as a service-level.

Summer of 2025. We invite @GaetanLepage to the Team. Gaétan is a long-time Nixpkgs maintainer responsible much of “scientific computing” python3Packages, just starting a break and the job search after finishing his graduate studies. Anticipating future conflicts of interests, we propose that either each maintainer must register their own business entity, or the Team must register a co-owned company. This doesn’t gain traction yet.

Time approaches for NixCon’25. A Finance sector company offers to cover the costs for a year of renting a GPU-accelerated Hetzner node to power the CUDA CI. This offer should be rejected, as it means a further increased workload in absence of funding.

Gaétan volunteers to pick up the offer and migrate the CUDA CI to this new, still rented and temporary, infrastructure. This development means an increased pressure for reviews. The cost of the Hetzner bills is eventually inherited by Numtide.

August of 2025. Jonas and Ron, perhaps inspired by PDT, start probing ground for setting up a “grant system”, whereby Companies announce “deliverables”, which they are willing to pay for, on a centralized platform, and select from volunteers offering their services. We warn that the idea as susceptible to drive the information assymetry in favour of the Companies, instead of in favour of Maintainers.

Simultaneously re-emerge the ideas of using the Foundation as a proxy for the Enterprise, e.g. as a “fiscal host”. We formulate an initial version of the critique in #nixos-foundation: the same information assymetry issues, increased probability of payment delay and failure, increased risk of conflict with the “hidden employment” legislation, increased risk of undue influence on the technical direction of the project, other issues of the “Trust entity” scheme, and, most importantly, absence of any plausible story for securing the Margin

October 2025. MODUS CREATE, the recent acquirer of TWEAG, confirms a customer interested in Nixpkgs CUDA. They assign an employee to “join the Nixpkgs CUDA Team”. “Teams” are a new concept for Nixpkgs, largely unburdened by “regulations”, and generally open for anyone to join. Accepting contributors, maintainers, and team members is an investment. The onboarding, the “supervision” only truly happen “by osmosis”, through intensive and extended communication between contributors. In case of Yuriy @YorikSar, Gaétan effectively volunteers his free time to carry out much of this onboarding, in regular chats and 1:1 meetings. We already have a pre-established agenda, and, at the first Nixpkgs CUDA Weekly, Yuriy volunteers to start working on the forge integration for CUDA CI. For a long time, this work happens in isolation from the rest of the Team, save for Yuriy’s meetings with Gaétan.

Yuriy brings new expertise, new perspective, and “care-for-the-craft”. He will be a great asset to the Team, if we manage to sort out the conflicts of interests. No agreements exists betwen the Nixpkgs CUDA Team and MODUS at this time.

December 2025. Most of “#orgs-who-care” withdraw from discussing an investment in Nixpkgs CUDA. Instead, PDT Partners come forward with a proposal for Companies to establish a shared “fund”, held by a third party “fiscal host”, so that CUDA Maintainers may submit work proposals for Companies to review. This is a functional equivalent of the “grant system” described earlier. Partners specifically mention avoiding a relationship with Maintainers-owned entities as a motivation. Restarting all procurement processes from scratch and reframing the service as a “grant” and a “funding”, Companies only commit to a purely nominal investment in the “fund”. It is implied that this should speed up the approvals.

The Proposal suggests hiring a “Project Manager” for the Team, to facilitate reporting to the Companies. Jonas recommends Daniel @dhofer, who immediately demonstrates fit and alignment.

PDT proposes MODUS and Numtide as initial candidates to serve as the “fiscal host”. Jonas and Daniel make a case for using this opportunity to promote the NixOS Foundation.

We repeat our warnings about information assymetry, about increased logistics costs, about the non-marketability of the “funding” framework, about hidden employment and Trust-entity risks. Those are dismissed. Temporarily short of a counter-offer, we approve the proposal, and encourage the SC to not block it. [147] [148] [149]

February 2026. We warn individual #orgs-who-care again that the situation in the Team is urgent and that the funds need to start moving again over the existing channels, instead of waiting for the Foundation Deal. We add the abolishing of the Team on Nixpkgs CUDA Weekly’s agenda, and we discuss each member’s stance and expectations concerning the matter.

April 2026. The Team is reached out by NVIDIA Open-Source (Marketing), scope yet to be determined.

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wolfgangwalther, treewide: support structuredAttrs in setup hooks,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/318614
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SomeoneSerge, cc-wrapper: do not leak cc.lib,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/333575
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ConnorBaker, Tracking issue: cudaPackages: support overriding manifests,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/251288
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SomeoneSerge, A comment on separating the merging of manifests from cudaPackages construction,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/275560#issuecomment-1866431713
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natsukium, python3Packages.catboost: 1.0.5 -> 1.2.2; build with cmake,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/235226/
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natsukium, Comment on catboost hard-coding clang,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/235226/files#r1349825358
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RossComputerGuy, catboost: use llvm 14 for cuda,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/333562
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SomeoneSerge, On support LLVM in cudaPackages,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/235226#discussion\_r1242726851
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tbenst, NVIDA licenses (\#76233),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/76233
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rhendic, Ofborg: build unfree packages,https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg/pull/644
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sielicki, linuxPackages.nvidia\_x11: add efa-nv-peermem,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/360375
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On stable namesets (\#266475),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/266475
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samuela, xla: init at unstable-2025-01-21,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/483141
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XLA#1,https://github.com/openxla/xla/issues/1
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zimbatm/octoflow,https://github.com/zimbatm/octoflow
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YorikSar/hydra-github-app,https://github.com/YorikSar/hydra-github-app
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nixpkgs-cuda-ci: rolling releases wip, 2024,https://github.com/SomeoneSerge/nixpkgs-cuda-ci/commit/22416099cde845783df8262cc268583712a8f904
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nixos-cuda/hydra-jobsets#8,https://github.com/nixos-cuda/hydra-jobsets/pull/8
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hydra-channel-update-script: init, by `@YorikSar`,https://github.com/nixos-cuda/infra/commit/3ddfb4057b233635176850dafedea46cdca42eee
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NixOS Hydra: steps queued and building,https://grafana.nixos.org/explore?schemaVersion=1&panes=%7B%2216u%22:%7B%22datasource%22:%22000000001%22,%22queries%22:%5B%7B%22refId%22:%22A%22,%22expr%22:%22hydra_steps_queued%20%2B%20hydra_steps_building%22,%22range%22:true,%22instant%22:true,%22datasource%22:%7B%22type%22:%22prometheus%22,%22uid%22:%22000000001%22%7D,%22editorMode%22:%22builder%22,%22legendFormat%22:%22__auto%22%7D%5D,%22range%22:%7B%22from%22:%22now-90d%22,%22to%22:%22now%22%7D,%22compact%22:false%7D%7D&orgId=1
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Nix Developer Dialogues 2023: "AI",https://discourse.nixos.org/t/on-nixpkgs-and-the-ai-follow-up-to-2023-nix-developer-dialogues/37087
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FullTimeNix ep. 15,https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/someoneserge
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NixOS/nixos-homepage: add cuda team community page,https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/316e3702e5739e308928603e1b52ade59087802f
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CUDA Roadmap June 2023,https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cuda-team-roadmap-and-call-for-sponsors/29495
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NixOS-CUDA Hydra: Builds,https://hydra.nixos-cuda.org/jobset/nixos-cuda/cuda-packages-unstable
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NixOS-CUDA Hydra: GPU Checks,https://hydra.nixos-cuda.org/jobset/nixos-cuda/cuda-gpu-checks-unstable
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GPU access in the sandbox (#256230),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/256230
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GPU-enabled tests (#225912),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/225912
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Discourse: Development Not Sustainable → Pre-Merge Blockers,https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixpkgss-current-development-workflow-is-not-sustainable/18741/74
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singularity `--nv` (#279235),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/279235
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apptainer `--nv` (#280076),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/280076
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Tracking: singularityTools (#177908),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/177908
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`@ereslibre`: Support (NVIDIA) CDI (#284507),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/284507
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`@ereslibre`: NVIDIA CDI follow-up PRs,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls?q=nvidia+cdi+author%3Aereslibre+is%3Apr
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k3s: GPU Passthrough (#288037),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/288037
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`requiredPythonModules` ← `propagatedBuildInputs` by `@Fridh` (#102613),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/102613
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`pyproject.nix` by `@adisbladis`: Problems with Nixpkgs,https://pyproject-nix.github.io/pyproject.nix/build.html
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opencv4: expose `cxxdev`,https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/271078/changes/ada3991349beb5880e3994f25c65a0cf68941b83
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Guix HPC: What's in a Package,https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2021/09/whats-in-a-package
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torch1→2 (#222273),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/222273
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noexcept (#276800)),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/276800
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noexcept (#275939),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/275939
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noexcept (#273794),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/273794
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version solving regression (#282185),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/282185
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noexcept (#276800),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/276800
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`nixos-rebuild` driver mismatch (#255070),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/255070
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`cuda_compat` and `libnvrm` (#273389),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/273389
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`cuda_compat` and `libnvrm` (numtide/nix-gl-host#10),https://github.com/numtide/nix-gl-host/pull/10
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`autoPatchelf` (#178440),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/178440
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libstdc++ mismatch (#218265),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/218265
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libstdc++ mismatch (#223664),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/223664
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`cuda_compat` eval errors (#406668),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/406668
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explicit dynamic dependencies (NVIDIA/build-system-archive-import-examples/issues/5),https://github.com/NVIDIA/build-system-archive-import-examples/issues/5
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`$ORIGIN` (#225240),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/225240#issuecomment-1539159050
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`cc-wrapper` friction (#282220),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/282220
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`cc-wrapper` friction (`review-of-333575/50496/6`),https://discourse.nixos.org/t/review-of-333575/50496/6
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remediation messages (#456908),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/456908
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`@emilazy`: `9<=gcc<12` removal warning for CUDA users (#342112),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/342112
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`@emilazy`: drop `cuda<=12.5`, a year later (#434827),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/434827
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release friction (#437723#issuecomment-3474672706),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/437723#issuecomment-3474672706
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release friction (#437723#issuecomment-3471044964),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/437723#issuecomment-3471044964
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\verb|getOutput| regression (#323056),https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/323056
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petition-to-build-and-cache-unfree-packages-on-cache-nixos-org/17440/53 (relitigation),https://discourse.nixos.org/t/petition-to-build-and-cache-unfree-packages-on-cache-nixos-org/17440/53
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containerd: nixos tests ignored and removed,https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/12683
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patchelf exception (NVIDIA/build-system-archive-import-examples/issues/10),https://github.com/NVIDIA/build-system-archive-import-examples/issues/10
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Most NixOS' Outreachy 2025 candidates rejected: "embarrassing" due to the fact that the sum that had to be secured was USD `20 000` per participant,
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NixOS/nix-security-tracker,https://github.com/NixOS/nix-security-tracker
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KerruKinutum Oy,2025,https://kerrukinutum.com
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE,https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/unabom-manifesto-1.html
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James C Scott, Against the Grain, Yale University Press,2017
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James C Scott, Seeing like a State, Yale University Press,1998
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Graeber David, DEBT, Melville House Publishing,2011
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sean goedecke, Seeing like a software company,https://www.seangoedecke.com/seeing-like-a-software-company
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LunNova, ROCm 7.1.1: You can (not) build,https://lunnova.dev/articles/rocm-711-you-can-not-build/
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LUMI’s full system architecture revealed,https://lumi-supercomputer.eu/lumis-full-system-architecture-revealed/
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The Zyphra AMD Cluster,https://zyphra.webflow.io/post/zaya1#zaya_3
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Frontier,TOP 500,https://www.top500.org/system/180047/
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El Capitan,TOP 500,https://www.top500.org/system/180307/
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nixos/steering-committee, Vote 12: Approve direction of grant program and initiative funding proposal,https://github.com/NixOS/steering-committee/blob/c10d2d1dd398c88386c930ab5f75084162a5e402/vote-logs/0012-grant-program-direction.md
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nixos/steering-committee, Meeting Minutes,https://github.com/NixOS/steering-committee/blob/main/minutes/2026-03-18.md#new-topics-20-min
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nixos/steering-committee, Meeting Minutes,https://github.com/NixOS/steering-committee/blob/c10d2d1dd398c88386c930ab5f75084162a5e402/minutes/2026-03-25.md#old-topics-15-min
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Filipo Valsorda, I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer,https://words.filippo.io/full-time-maintainer