It took me at least a year of using NixOS daily to be comfortable enough to even attempt packaging software. Of course I'm still learning, but once you get past

It took me at least a year of using NixOS daily to be comfortable enough to even attempt packaging software. Of course I'm still learning, but once you get past the initial barrier of "what the heck is any of this even doing", it becomes a lot easier and entertaining to find out for yourself.