got a working cargo build

.envrc

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+use flake

.gitignore

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 /target
 settings.toml
+.direnv/*

flake.lock

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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705309234,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uNRRNRKmJyCRC/8y1RqBkqWBLM034y4qN7EprSdmgyA=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ef2e671c3b0c19053962c07dbda38332dcebf26",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1711163522,
+        "narHash": "sha256-YN/Ciidm+A0fmJPWlHBGvVkcarYWSC+s3NTPk/P+q3c=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "44d0940ea560dee511026a53f0e2e2cde489b4d4",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1706487304,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LE8lVX28MV2jWJsidW13D2qrHU/RUUONendL2Q/WlJg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "90f456026d284c22b3e3497be980b2e47d0b28ac",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1711332768,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SFnlIwnrwJxEawLcrH7+zGb8spePcYyai5asMZnm0BM=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "8a8e3ea9a9a4b2225cb5e33e07c3a337f820168c",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

flake.nix

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+/*
+TODO
+1. Find and replace "joystick-controller-client" with your package name for **ALL FILES IN REPOSITORY**
+2. Add a flake description that describes the workspace on line 27
+3. Add a package description on line 70
+4. (optional) uncomment `nativeBuildInputs` and `buildInputs` on lines 43 and 44 if you need openssl
+5. (optional) set your project homepage, license, and maintainers list on lines 48-51
+6. (optional) uncomment the NixOS module and update it for your needs
+7. Delete this comment block
+*/
+
+/*
+Some utility commands:
+- `nix flake update --commit-lock-file`
+- `nix flake lock update-input <input>`
+- `nix build .#joystick-controller-client` or `nix build .`
+- `nix run .#joystick-controller-client` or `nix run .`
+*/
+
+{
+  description = "Joystick Controller client for the VCC motorized camera";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, rust-overlay }:
+    let
+      overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+        inherit system overlays;
+      };
+      rustSettings = with pkgs; {
+        src = ./.;
+        nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+        buildInputs = [ openssl systemd gtk4 ];
+        cargoHash = nixpkgs.lib.fakeHash;
+      };
+      meta = with nixpkgs.lib; {
+        #homepage = "https://example.com";
+        #license = [ licenses.gpl3 ];
+        platforms = [ system ];
+        #maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+      };
+    in {
+      devShells.${system}.default = with pkgs; mkShell {
+        packages = [
+          (pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override {
+            extensions = [ "rust-src" ];
+          })
+          cargo-edit
+          bacon
+        ];
+        inputsFrom = with self.packages.${system}; [ joystick-controller-client ];
+      };
+      packages.${system} = {
+        default = self.packages.${system}.joystick-controller-client;
+        joystick-controller-client = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (rustSettings // {
+          pname = "joystick-controller-client";
+          version = "0.1.0";
+          buildAndTestSubdir = "joystick-controller-client";
+          cargoHash = "sha256-+TaGIiKf+Pz2bTABeG8aCZz0/ZTCKl5398+qbas4Nvo=";
+          meta = meta // {
+            description = "";
+          };
+        });
+      };
+      /*
+      nixosModules.default = { config, ... }: let
+        lib = nixpkgs.lib;
+      in {
+        options.services.joystick-controller-client = {
+          enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "joystick-controller-client service");
+          package = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.package;
+            default = self.packages.${system}.joystick-controller-client;
+            defaultText = "pkgs.joystick-controller-client";
+            description = lib.mdDoc ''
+              The joystick-controller-client package that should be used.
+            '';
+          };
+          port = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.port;
+            default = 8000;
+            description = lib.mdDoc ''
+              The port at which to run.
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+        config.systemd.services.joystick-controller-client = let
+          cfg = config.services.joystick-controller-client;
+          pkg = self.packages.${system}.joystick-controller-client;
+        in lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+          description = pkg.meta.description;
+          after = [ "network.target" ];
+          wantedBy = [ "network.target" ];
+          serviceConfig = {
+            ExecStart = ''
+              ${cfg.package}/bin/joystick-controller-client --port ${builtins.toString cfg.port}
+            '';
+            Restart = "always";
+            DynamicUser = true;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      */
+    };
+}
+