Merged: nix flake outputs, better CI, automated formatting!
Why is this cool? 
This pull request streamlines how we do automated building, checking, and formatting of our repository. Before this PR, this functionality either didn't exist or was mildly hacky/janky inside the project. Having these automated checks is important to make sure a proposed change won't break the entire project. Without them, maintainers would have to manually verify each PR, which takes time. 
Also, previously, if a developer wanted to contribute, they'd have to manually install a whole suite of dependencies and run a gauntlet of commands to test their changes, like so:curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash
\. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
nvm install 24
npm install -g @typespec/compiler
tsp install
npx prettier --write "**/*.{json,yaml,md}"
npx markdownlint "**/*.md"
tsp format "**/*.tsp"
tsp compile ./polyproto/core --dry-run
tsp compile ./polyproto/chat --dry-run
tsp compile .
That's a lot of friction and stuff to remember just to fix a typo or add a field! Ideally, the setup should be as simple as possible, so people don't get overwhelmed if they'd like to contribute.
Now, post-merge, the development environment is reproducible. In practice, this means, that you don't need to worry about having the wrong Node version or missing a formatter. When using the reproducible environment, you're using the same versions of everything as the maintainers are.
The entire formatting, testing and building workflow has been simplified to just three commands 
# Format everything (TypeSpec, Markdown, JSON, YAML)
nix fmt
# Check if everything is correct without modifying files
nix flake check
# Build all the specifications
nix build
As you can tell, this is much cleaner, and it should make it easier for contributors to work on the project without fighting their local setup first. 
I hope you enjoyed reading this overview! 
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new and improved nix flake 
and CI-workflow have already been merged and tested successfully, but some code still has to be updated and fixed after major refactorings being merged lately. Causing tests to fail compilation. 