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by rgoulter 1704 days ago
> I don't want a 'journey' to use my OS. I don't want to learn a whole new language and set of overengineered abstractions to [do development work]

This is pragmatic.

Nix somewhat reminds me of the kinds of mindsets that enjoy learning Vim/Emacs, or learning how to use 40%-sized keyboards like the Planck. -- I think it takes curiosity to be interested in that kindof stuff.