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2022-01-03-purenix.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ If you just want to play around with PureNix, all you need is the first post.
 
     What sort of programmers would find PureNix easy to get started with?
 
-1.  Why PureNix? (coming soon)
+1.  [Why PureNix?](./2022-01-10-why-purenix)
 
     Why we decided to start working on PureNix.
 

2022-01-05-who-would-like-purenix.md

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 ------------------------------------------------------
 
 *This post is the second post in a
-[series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).  The previous post was about
-[getting started with PureNix](./2022-01-04-getting-started-with-purenix).*
+[series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).  The previous post is about
+[getting started with PureNix](./2022-01-04-getting-started-with-purenix).
+The next post is about
+[why we started writing PureNix](./2022-01-10-why-purenix).*
 
 PureNix will be easy to get started with for developers that have a good
 understanding of both Haskell-like languages and Nix.  Developers without this
@@ -130,8 +132,10 @@ Nix.  You may have a harder time if you're new to either Haskell-like
 languages, or Nix.
 
 *This post is the second post in a
-[series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).  The previous post was about
-[getting started with PureNix](./2022-01-04-getting-started-with-purenix).*
+[series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).  The previous post is about
+[getting started with PureNix](./2022-01-04-getting-started-with-purenix).
+The next post is about
+[why we started writing PureNix](./2022-01-10-why-purenix).*
 
 ## Using PureNix Professionally
 

2022-01-10-why-purenix.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+------------------------------------------------------
+title: Why PureNix?
+summary: What lead to us starting to write PureNix?
+tags: haskell, nixos, purescript
+draft: false
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+*This post is the third post in a [series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).
+The previous post is about
+[who would find PureNix easy to use](./2022-01-05-who-would-like-purenix).*
+
+[PureNix]() started out half as a joke.  This post explains why we started
+working on PureNix, and how it moved from a joke to something we are excited
+about.
+
+## The Idea
+
+I was a mentor for [Summer of Nix 2021](https://summer.nixos.org/).  One of the
+nice things about Summer of Nix is that the organizers arranged for various
+people in the Nix community to give presentations about Nix-related topics.
+One of the presentations was from [@adisbladis](https://github.com/adisbladis)
+about [poetry2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix).
+
+`poetry2nix` is a Nix library for building Python packages that use
+[Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to build.
+
+## Conclusion
+
+*This post is the second post in a
+[series about PureNix](./2022-01-03-purenix).  The previous post is about
+[getting started with PureNix](./2022-01-04-getting-started-with-purenix).
+The next post is about
+[why we started writing PureNix](./2022-01-10-why-purenix).*
+
+## Using PureNix Professionally
+
+If your company is considering PureNix in order to tame a complicated Nix
+codebase, [Jonas](https://jonascarpay.com/) and I currently have time available
+for consulting or freelance.  Feel free to [get in touch](/about).  We are also
+available for any other Nix/Haskell/PureScript-related work.