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I love the idea of Nix, but the current implementation seems too impossibly complex to ever go mainstream. Dynamic hard-to-debug DSL, loads of novel concepts, d
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
I love the idea of Nix, but the current implementation seems too impossibly complex to ever go mainstream. Dynamic hard-to-debug DSL, loads of novel concepts, difficult to do a piecemeal transition, etc. One poster in this thread reported how their supposedly immutable system configuration broke with an update.
Is there anything on the horizon which could embrace the ideas in a better package? Does Guix smooth over enough rough edges?
- grhmc 2y agoI believe a lot of this comes from Nix being largely "low policy", meaning you can do anything, any way you want, you just have to figure out how. Our goal is to make a more high-policy version that has more workflow and "rails" out of the box to make a good experience.