Whether Nickel replaces the Nix language isn't up to Tweag, in the end. It's down to whether the Nix community finds it a compelling option. I, for one, am hope

Whether Nickel replaces the Nix language isn't up to Tweag, in the end. It's down to whether the Nix community finds it a compelling option. I, for one, am hopeful that it can preserve what is great about the Nix language and also offer a leap forward in debuggability and performance! But I don't think Nix's whole future hangs on it.