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re: everything in Nix, i use normal configuration most of the time. Ie with Home Manager, i just have Nix copy (link) my config files to the place apps look fo
by unshavedyak 3y ago
re: everything in Nix, i use normal configuration most of the time.
Ie with Home Manager, i just have Nix copy (link) my config files to the place apps look for them. I only would even consider recreating them in Nix if i needed programmatic construction of them or if i was trying to distribute them as a Nix package or something.
But for just me, and my own use - i see zero reason to recreate config files which are already managed by Nix. It's just extra work with no benefit as far as i can tell. Especially because i detest the Nix language. It also makes it very difficult to search for, because if you want to figure out how to configure X feature of Y app, you need to search for that and then mentally map it to Z Nix configuration which may or may not support it. It's just layers of needless abstraction for a single-use configuration.