I went down the rabbit hole and now feel comfortable claiming I do understand both the programming language and the NixOS module system, which is effectively an

I went down the rabbit hole and now feel comfortable claiming I do understand both the programming language and the NixOS module system, which is effectively an embedded DSL, as well as a decent chunk of the nixpkgs conventions. And it certainly is a great feeling, but I'm not yet sure it's really "worth it". Of course the effect is great, but it was also an enormous amount of work to get there.