Nix for Haskell: Static Builds
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Nix for Haskell static builds, technically deep and actionable for functional programming and DevOps.
Summary
Nix simplifies creating statically-linked Haskell executables by configuring GHC with musl libc and disabling shared, profiled, and DWARF builds. The approach uses Nix overlays to override the GHC derivation, enabling static linking without manual toolchain setup. This produces a single deployable binary, similar to Go or Rust static builds, but for Haskell projects.
Author
Abhinav Sarkar, abhinav@abhinavsarkar.net