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> That's what everyone says about software that is just too complex. I'm not sure you're saying this to point fingers at the software or at the people, that is

> That's what everyone says about software that is just too complex. I'm not sure you're saying this to point fingers at the software or at the people, that is very confusing :D That being said, Nix being in-between has been discussed in the Discourse of the project here about t supposedly simple: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-shell-nix-shell-and-nix-develop/25964 https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-shell-nix-shell-and-nix-de... It was to me very interesting to see how insiders could be diverging and potentially not being fully aware of it.

shepardrtc 4y ago
Nix is simple to the people who made it because they won't get confused and make mistakes. If you make a mistake, you can put it in a completely broken state. That is not a simple piece of software. Its overengineered and brittle. Homebrew is an example of a simple piece of software. It just works.
- ParetoOptimal 4y ago
  > Homebrew is an example of a simple piece of software. It just works. But, it doesn't. I've had many packages fail to build from homebrew. Also there's a recent quote I remember: > At some point I got frustrated with homebrew because I felt like it was spending too much time upgrading when I installed new packages, and so I thought – maybe I’ll try the nix package manager! from https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/28/some-notes-on-using-nix/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/28/some-notes-on-using-nix/ > If you make a mistake, you can put it in a completely broken state. That is not a simple piece of software. Its overengineered and brittle. Do you have any examples?