Nix is not a "required skill" by any means, but it fixes a very annoying problem that you may-or-may-not face related to dependency conflicts. NixOS also has at

Nix is not a "required skill" by any means, but it fixes a very annoying problem that you may-or-may-not face related to dependency conflicts. NixOS also has atomic updates. I think calling it hipster is a bit odd. Its not like I would say Java is a bad tool because I don't use it for embedded stuff. Java is fantastic for enterprise and even start up contexts. Similar arguments can be made with emacs. Its a text editor, and you can do a bunch if stuff with it. Vim is also good. Jetbrains is also good. There's a bunch of other good ones. It probably depends on what you're doing. It'd be a more meaningful discussion if you defined a problem space. I probably would have ignored your post of it wasn't for the TikTok comment. Nix useage is sort of thoughtful-by-design, which is antithetical to TikTok use. Rubbed me the wrong way.