> Nix is not a build tool designed to work with arbitrary or latest development versions of libraries, for example. No, that's exactly what it's designed for a

> Nix is not a build tool designed to work with arbitrary or latest development versions of libraries, for example. No, that's exactly what it's designed for and exactly how we use it. And it's not a build tool (it just calls your existing build tools under the hood), it's a system for keeping different versions of dependencies installed at the same time without errors. > because there is no force in the world that would get all projects in all languages to use it. You can write your own wrappers for the projects that are missing. It's a simple and idiomatic process.