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Devenv.sh: Fast and reproducible developer environments using Nix

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“{DEBUG:-0}` as the syntax to use the value of `$DEBUG` if it's set and `0` otherwise, but I can never remember it without googling”

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Devenv.sh: Fast and reproducible developer environments using Nix

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