Creating something new from scratch implies a certain ratio of unpredictable issues (loosely defined in the scope of this post: new errors, regressions, warnings, ... any unexpected behavior one may encounter). Most important, a digital design developer needs to define somehow what he considers to be a project issue, before even thinking about how to react to it. Luckily, in #modernhw a few usual tools are available to ease the process as a whole. Let’s overview some of them.

Guix reveals as a practical means of handling dependencies. However, the amount of information available to start using it may appear as a bit overwhelming for a beginner, letting the feeling of a tool reserved to a reduced community or experts. Far from that. Here you’ll find everything you need to get started with guix, with a light touch on using it for #modernhw.

#guix includes the concept of channels, or git repositories of package definitions. This gives a chance for anyone to complete the collection of packages provided by the distribution, in case this is not enough. Keep reading for an intro on how to create your own channels, or how to use the most popular third party guix channels around.