feat: Add Nix flake development environment setup

- Add flake.nix with nixpkgs 25.05, Node.js 22 LTS, pnpm, and OpenJDK
- Configure .envrc for direnv integration with ROOT environment variable
- Update README.md with Nix setup instructions and prerequisites
- Add .direnv/ to .gitignore for local cache exclusion
- Generate flake.lock for reproducible dependency versions

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: mrdavidlaing-mo

.envrc

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# (non-sensitive) project environment variables:
-export REPO="$(expand_path .)"
+use flake
 
-# Load environment variables from .env file(s)
-set -a
-source .env
-source .env.development
-set +a
+export ROOT="$(expand_path .)"

.gitignore

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ firebase-debug.log
 *.tsbuildinfo
 next-env.d.ts
 
+# direnv
+.direnv/
+
 # misc
 firestore-debug.log
 redirect-to-wellmaintained/.firebase/hosting.cHVibGlj.cache

README.md

@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ https://decision-copilot.wellmaintained.org/
 
 ## Development
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+The project uses Nix for reproducible development environments. You have two options:
+
+**Option 1: With Nix + direnv (Recommended)**
+```bash
+# Install nix and direnv, then:
+direnv allow
+pnpm run dev
+```
+
+**Option 2: Without Nix**
+Ensure you have:
+- Node.js 22 LTS
+- pnpm
+- OpenJDK (for Firebase emulators)
+
 ### Quick Start
 
 ```bash

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  description = "Decision Copilot Development Environment";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      in {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            nodejs_22  # Latest LTS (22.x)
+            pnpm       # Package manager
+            jdk        # OpenJDK for Firebase emulators
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+onlyBuiltDependencies:
+  - esbuild
+  - protobufjs
+  - re2
+  - sharp