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I want to like Nix so badly but I just can’t get past the thought that it’s complete overkill. By the time you get comfortable with the syntax and tooling, you

by rank0 4y ago

I want to like Nix so badly but I just can’t get past the thought that it’s complete overkill. By the time you get comfortable with the syntax and tooling, you could’ve just crafted use-case specific shell scripts to compile/configure everything from source…

pveierland 4y ago
It can be a bit of a challenge as it introduces many concepts at the same time, however it seems like many enjoy Nix once they get comfortable. Once the investment has been made, you also have a far more scalable setup than use-specific scripts. Feel free to check out one of the MyNixOS demos - hopefully having a working starting point and being able to modify a config without writing Nix can make it easier for beginners.