Whilst it's certainly a case of https://xkcd.com/927 https://xkcd.com/927 I find that Nix is very good for what you describe; there's also Guix but I've yet to

Whilst it's certainly a case of https://xkcd.com/927 https://xkcd.com/927 I find that Nix is very good for what you describe; there's also Guix but I've yet to use it. I think of them as "Make done right".