Nix 101 Course / Section 4: How Nix actually builds: sandbox → derivation → hash → store
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4.2 The sandbox, demonstrated

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A tiny derivation tries to curl the internet, read /etc/passwd, and use tools it never declared as inputs — and every single attempt fails. This is the mechanism that makes "works on my machine" structurally impossible.