I understand why immutable systems make sense but the benefits they bring are overrated. How often will you mess up your system so bad you won't be able to reco

I understand why immutable systems make sense but the benefits they bring are overrated. How often will you mess up your system so bad you won't be able to recover it? I ran some sort of Arch for around 15 years and the times I needed to recover my system are few and far in between. I ran nixos for a few years but I stopped when I started experimenting with AI. Dependencies were too out of date and running random small projects is riddled with extra pain, compared to other systems. I also had problems during upgrades, caused by incompatible features and configurations. Instead of relying on the project documentation I had to rely on nix documentation. I have massive respect for nix maintainers (and I have even contributed) but maintaining any software for everyone is a monumental task. Distros maintainer have it hard enough. Arch with AUR ended up being a simpler experience.