Centralize shared values into variables.nix

One file (variables.nix) holding every value that was previously
hardcoded and repeated across modules: LAN domain/CIDR, home/tailnet
domains, cross-host references (nix-cache substituter hostname, NFS
server hostname, remote-builder user), PXE/PBS IPs, timezone, and the
primary username.

Wired in via flake.nix's specialArgs (and home-manager's
extraSpecialArgs for the two home.nix files), so any module picks it
up by just adding `vars` to its function arguments — no explicit
import needed. Two hosts (nix-cache, server) now derive their own
networking.hostName from the same variable other hosts use to reach
them, so there's exactly one place to change either identifier.

Purely mechanical: every substituted value matches what was already
there, confirmed by identical toplevel .drv paths for all 17 targets
before and after.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
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@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ nix eval --json .#nixosConfigurations --apply builtins.attrNames | jq -r '.[]'
| Path | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `flake.nix` | Flake inputs, the `mkTarget` platform × build-type generator, and `nixosConfigurations` outputs |
| `variables.nix` | Single source of truth for shared values (LAN domain/CIDR, hostnames, timezone, primary username, storage root, ...) — passed to every module and Home Manager config as the `vars` argument via `specialArgs`/`extraSpecialArgs` |
| `hosts/<name>/host.nix` | Per-machine identity: hostname, hostId, per-machine secrets, `system.stateVersion` |
| `hosts/nixos/home.nix` | Workstation-specific Home Manager config (used by the `gui` build type) |
| `modules/platforms/` | Platform-specific config: virtualisation guest tools, boot method, hardware config (`linode.nix`, `proxmox.nix`, `lxc.nix`) |