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authorValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2022-04-26 11:46:15 +0200
committerValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2022-08-04 12:37:46 +0200
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reword introductory section
there should be a meta section for each chapter to give motivation of the presented structure. the structure itself is visible from the table of contents.
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# Design and Data Model
Most of the manual is about how to use Nix.
-This chapter is about what Nix actually is.
-The hope is that it can serve as a reference for key concepts, and also shed light on why things are the way they are.
+This chapter is about the technical principles behind Nix.
+
+It describes each architectural layer and its components in its own section, starting at the bottom with the store layer, then working its way up to the user-facing components described in the rest of the manual.