I should try to look at the documentation again. But apart from the using the package manager, the rest of the documentation submerged you in a deep theoretical

I should try to look at the documentation again. But apart from the using the package manager, the rest of the documentation submerged you in a deep theoretical understanding of nix, going deeper and deeper, until the only thing that made sense anymore was the respect you gained from the technies who went further and somehow managed to use nix.