diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d00182..6776d54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# ignore the publish directory
-00-publish/
+# ignore the build directory
+00_build
 
 # ignore node_modules
 node_modules/
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 26c5daa..92bbc7b 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -182,30 +182,30 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   }
 
   function hashAssets () {
-    const cssFile = grunt.file.read('00-publish/css/main.min.css')
+    const cssFile = grunt.file.read('00_build/css/main.min.css')
     const cssHash = md5(cssFile).substr(0, 8)
-    const jsFile = grunt.file.read('00-publish/js/cheatsheet.min.js')
+    const jsFile = grunt.file.read('00_build/js/cheatsheet.min.js')
     const jsHash = md5(jsFile).substr(0, 8)
-    const htmlFile = grunt.file.read('00-publish/index.html')
+    const htmlFile = grunt.file.read('00_build/index.html')
 
     // write the new files
-    grunt.file.write('00-publish/css/main.min.' + cssHash + '.css', cssFile)
-    grunt.file.write('00-publish/js/cheatsheet.min.' + jsHash + '.js', jsFile)
+    grunt.file.write('00_build/css/main.min.' + cssHash + '.css', cssFile)
+    grunt.file.write('00_build/js/cheatsheet.min.' + jsHash + '.js', jsFile)
 
     // delete the old files
-    grunt.file.delete('00-publish/css/main.min.css')
-    grunt.file.delete('00-publish/js/cheatsheet.min.js')
+    grunt.file.delete('00_build/css/main.min.css')
+    grunt.file.delete('00_build/js/cheatsheet.min.js')
 
     // update the HTML file
-    grunt.file.write('00-publish/index.html',
+    grunt.file.write('00_build/index.html',
       htmlFile.replace('main.min.css', 'main.min.' + cssHash + '.css')
               .replace('cheatsheet.min.js', 'cheatsheet.min.' + jsHash + '.js'))
 
     // show some output
-    grunt.log.writeln('00-publish/css/main.min.css → ' +
-                      '00-publish/css/main.min.' + cssHash + '.css')
-    grunt.log.writeln('00-publish/js/cheatsheet.min.js → ' +
-                      '00-publish/js/cheatsheet.min.' + jsHash + '.js')
+    grunt.log.writeln('00_build/css/main.min.css → ' +
+                      '00_build/css/main.min.' + cssHash + '.css')
+    grunt.log.writeln('00_build/js/cheatsheet.min.js → ' +
+                      '00_build/js/cheatsheet.min.' + jsHash + '.js')
   }
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -219,17 +219,17 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         force: true
       },
 
-      // remove all the files in the 00-publish folder
-      pre: ['00-publish'],
+      // remove all the files in the 00_build folder
+      pre: ['00_build'],
 
       // remove the uncompressed CLJS client file
-      post: ['00-publish/js/cheatsheet.js']
+      post: ['00_build/js/cheatsheet.js']
     },
 
     copy: {
       cheatsheet: {
         files: [
-        {expand: true, cwd: 'public/', src: ['**'], dest: '00-publish/'}
+        {expand: true, cwd: 'public/', src: ['**'], dest: '00_build/'}
         ]
       }
     },
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9629b5b..feda4a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ You can read about some of the design decisions that went into the cheatsheet
 
 ### First time setup
 
-Install [Leiningen], [Node.js], and [Yarn].
+Install [Leiningen], [Node.js], and [Yarn] or use [nix-shell] from the project root.
 
 ```sh
 # install node_modules
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ You may wish to run these commands in separate console tabs / screens.
 # does two things:
 # - compiles LESS into CSS whenever a less/*.less file changes
 # - builds public/docs.json whenever a docs/*.cljsdoc file changes
-grunt watch
+npx grunt watch
 
 # run a local web server on port 9224
 # the port is configurable and defaults to 8888 if not provided
@@ -39,16 +39,17 @@ lein clean && lein cljsbuild auto
 # NOTE: app.js is generated from "lein cljsbuild auto" above
 node app.js
 
-# create a build into the 00-publish directory
-grunt build
+# create a build into the 00-build directory
+npx grunt build
 ```
 
 ## License
 
 [MIT License]
 
-[cljs.info/cheatsheet]:http://cljs.info/cheatsheet
-[Leiningen]:http://leiningen.org
-[Node.js]:http://nodejs.org
+[cljs.info/cheatsheet]:https://cljs.info/cheatsheet
+[Leiningen]:https://leiningen.org
+[Node.js]:https://nodejs.org
 [Yarn]:https://yarnpkg.com/
+[nix-shell]:https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-shell
 [MIT License]:https://github.com/oakmac/cljs-cheatsheet/blob/master/LICENSE.md
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bad6ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ nixpkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {  } }:
+
+let
+  pkgs = [
+    /* Core runtime libraries */
+    nixpkgs.nodejs
+    nixpkgs.yarn
+    nixpkgs.clojure
+    nixpkgs.jdk11
+    nixpkgs.leiningen
+
+    /* Dev Tools */
+    nixpkgs.ack
+    nixpkgs.git
+    nixpkgs.gnupg
+    nixpkgs.which
+  ];
+
+in
+  nixpkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "env";
+    buildInputs = pkgs;
+  }