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by runeks 3288 days ago
> I cringe every time I have to edit a .nix file (and I have to do it a lot).

No need to cringe over syntax. Syntax is just syntax. If you are familiar with a better syntax to express Nix in then create a parser from that format to Nix' syntax. Then insert this parser as a pre-processor in the build process, and problem solved.