Anecdote about the subjective difference between using both: I've used nix and nixos on and off since the early versions, but it never really clicked with me,

Anecdote about the subjective difference between using both: I've used nix and nixos on and off since the early versions, but it never really clicked with me, and every time I want to write or just read nix expressions I have to reread lots of documentation like I'm starting from scratch again, whereas I would probably still be able to write a debian package from memory alone despite many years of lack of practice. This leave me with the impression that nix has to be a full time job. In another hand, I gave guix a try recently and was really surprised by how easily all the pieces fell together "naturally". Also guix being a smaller community, it might counter intuitively be moving faster (due to less care for not breaking things or less bureaucracy, depending on your views). Indeed, another issue I have with nix is how jammed their input queue of PRs is.