I Spent 4 Hours So You Don’t Have To: Hetzner Metal + NixOS in ~15 Minutes − Irakli's blog (opens in new tab)
I went from zero to NixOS on Hetzner bare metal in ~4 hours, then converted the full workflow into reusable skills/scripts. If everything goes smoothly, you can have NixOS running on Hetzner bare metal in under 15 minutes.
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