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  1. Scheduled some time off to close out the year? 👀 There are 30+ AI assistants / MCP servers / agentic tools out there.

    Can you test them all on your own machine — at once — without breaking anything?

    Spoiler: yes, you can!

    Perfect for #vibecoding, prototyping, and #agenticdevelopment.

    flox.dev/blog/a-turnkey-toolki

  2. Scheduled some time off to close out the year? 👀 There are 30+ AI assistants / MCP servers / agentic tools out there.

    Can you test them all on your own machine — at once — without breaking anything?

    Spoiler: yes, you can!

    Perfect for , prototyping, and .

    flox.dev/blog/a-turnkey-toolki

  3. Scheduled some time off to close out the year? 👀 There are 30+ AI assistants / MCP servers / agentic tools out there.

    Can you test them all on your own machine — at once — without breaking anything?

    Spoiler: yes, you can!

    Perfect for #vibecoding, prototyping, and #agenticdevelopment.

    flox.dev/blog/a-turnkey-toolki

  4. Scheduled some time off to close out the year? 👀 There are 30+ AI assistants / MCP servers / agentic tools out there.

    Can you test them all on your own machine — at once — without breaking anything?

    Spoiler: yes, you can!

    Perfect for #vibecoding, prototyping, and #agenticdevelopment.

    flox.dev/blog/a-turnkey-toolki

  5. Scheduled some time off to close out the year? 👀 There are 30+ AI assistants / MCP servers / agentic tools out there.

    Can you test them all on your own machine — at once — without breaking anything?

    Spoiler: yes, you can!

    Perfect for #vibecoding, prototyping, and #agenticdevelopment.

    flox.dev/blog/a-turnkey-toolki

  6. You got a new laptop for Christmas. Suh-weet!

    You absolutely want to build software with it, which means setting up your local dev environment. Easier said than done! Experience has taught you that setting up a local dev environment is a Sisyphean enterprise: things always break, so you find yourself repeating the same motions over and over again.

    This time, however, you’ve got . And that makes all the difference.

    flox.dev/blog/setting-up-a-new

  7. I might've found a local development setup with #Flox and #Just that I don't hate...

  8. Layering and composition are two powerful ways to create and share environments.

    ✅ Layering gives you flexibility in emergent, unpredictable situations.

    ✅ Composition gives you reproducibility, auditability, and predictable behavior at runtime—at the cost of some upfront design and testing.

    Read the full guide for examples, pros & cons, and practical workflows 👉 flox.dev/blog/layering-and-com

  9. We’ve been talking a lot about Build & Publish lately but here’s something for those who may not know yet.

    In this quick demo video, Ross shows what that looks like:

    - Installing tools
    - Spinning up a dev environment
    - Keeping everything portable, reproducible, and easy to share

    Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=aidi5svDml8

  10. How many tools do you use to manage your tooling?

    gives you a new way to work with packages and build reproducible development environments without using containers.

    ✅ It gives users transparent, no-hassle access to the tools, files, and environment variables in their local systems.
    ✅ It enables teams to create portable, reproducible development environments that behave the same way anywhere, taking advantage of available OS, CPU, and even GPU capabilities.

    youtu.be/aidi5svDml8

  11. @mateovich yeah! It's called @neodb and another one in the works called #Flox!

  12. Are you tired of the README game? 👀

    Automate yours with .

    Using a catalog of over 150k software dependencies, Flox can deliver exactly the dev environment you need. It's consistent, reproducible, and auditable.

    flox.dev/

  13. We’re at Atlanta!

    Come say hi to Ross and Katherine from the Flox team 💜

    We’d love to meet you and chat about developer workflows, reproducibility, and how to make managing environments a lot easier.

  14. We made it easier to try out a full RAG stack, using and Flox 👇

    - No cloud infra required
    - No Docker needed
    - No weird dependencies or installs

    Just by running `flox activate` you’ll get:

    - An open-source RAG app built with Verba
    - A working local dev environment
    - GPU support out of the box
    - Persistent data volumes (even after you shut down)

    Guide here: flox.dev/blog/get-a-portable-t

  15. Get a quick intro to Flox!

    Zach walks you through how to set up, customize, and share your development environments (no containers or heavy lifting required.)

    You’ll learn:

    - What is and how it’s different from apt and Homebrew
    - How to create and configure project-specific environments
    - Managing packages, environment variables, and shell hooks with the manifest file
    - Handling system-specific dependencies and cross-platform compatibility

    Watch it here: youtu.be/aw6kzxFNC-8

  16. Seeking MongoDB Database Reliability Engineer and DBA

    We're staffing up for our very large MongoDB environment in our datacenters and need to
    fill two senior positions in the US

    jobs.lever.co/rackspace/6de394

    jobs.lever.co/rackspace/efb69a

    Also openings for junior US support positions ( floss.social/@FLOX_advocate/11 ), India openings coming soon

    #getFediHired #FediHire #FLOSSjobs #MongoDB #DBA #DBRE #WFH ( #WfHybrid in some locations ) #USjobs #Elastic

  17. Flox is a package manager with superpowers + access to >120K packages 📦.

    This week's Fun Package Friday 🎉 showcases `jrnl`📝—an app for creating journals + more.

    Learn how getting + running `jrnl` is easy with Flox! 🚀

    Get the deets 👉 buff.ly/40T2Egw

  18. What goes into 'Floxifying' a software project? Learn how to:

    👉 Build locally 🏗️ with
    👉 Package 📦 for CI
    👉 Containerize 🐳 for prod

    Using containers 🐳 VMs 🖥️ or lambdas 🐑? Flox works with your workflow!

    Our new article has the deets.

    buff.ly/42rfO5V

  19. Ever wondered what goes into "Floxifying" a project?

    Wonder no more!

    Our latest article exploring how to use Flox to build locally 👉 CI 👉 run in prod

    If you're using containers 🐳 VMs 🖥️ lambdas 🐑 fits into your workflow

    Read all about it:

    buff.ly/42rfO5V

  20. What does it look like to "Floxify" one of your software projects?

    👉 How much work 🛠️ is actually involved?
    👉 How do you build locally 🏗️ with
    👉 Package 📦 for testing in CI
    👉 Containerize 🐳 for prod?

    Our latest article has the scoop!

    buff.ly/42rfO5V

  21. 🌟 Learn on your laptop with kind (Kubernetes-in-Docker) + .

    On Windows + macOS + Linux, use Flox to create + share a portable kind runtime that just works. It's perfect for local dev + learning + testing in CI.

    Read all about it:

    buff.ly/40d09nT

  22. If you're in San Francisco this Thursday come and hang with other users + have a cup of coffee on us!

    🕒 Jan. 23 4-5 PM
    📍 Philz Coffee (1 Front St #100)
    ☕ Coffee is free/gratis

    Talk about Flox and / reproducibility and the / or anything u like

    Register here: buff.ly/42olhdz

  23. kind, -in-Docker, makes it easy to emulate a production k8s environment locally.

    🌍 With , you can create a portable kind runtime that works on Windows + macOS + Linux!

    📖 Get the scoop in our new article:

    buff.ly/40d09nT

  24. 🔧 kind, aka -in-Docker, lets you emulate a production environment locally. 🖥️

    It's a great way to learn K8s right on your laptop.

    🚀 makes it easy to create + share a portable kind environment that runs anywhere.

    👉 Learn more here:

    buff.ly/40d09nT

  25. Flox delivers reproducibility and enables secrets management for dev environments.
    Learn how DevOps leader Pierre Beucher uses + for portable, auth-ready dev environments. 🔧 Get the scoop on Pierre's blog:

    buff.ly/3WmFTzb