This is true, it takes quite a bit of effort to learn it. I think what Nix needs is perhaps series of tutorials targeting how to solve common problems that nix

This is true, it takes quite a bit of effort to learn it. I think what Nix needs is perhaps series of tutorials targeting how to solve common problems that nix is useful for. There are plenty of things that are abstracted in nixpkgs, so perhaps use them as building blocks and explain how they are implemented in different articles.