[rgoulter]

Right, it's unpleasant to see snark.

I hope my original comment doesn't read that way. I mean more "the Nix language isn't much different from something you're familiar with".

> "you should start out by reading the introduction docs"

This one I kinda buy, though.

With programming, with many things, you can get quite far without having to understand all the details. And many tools do quite well by being intuitive to use.

Nix is quite weird. And can be quite difficult. And it's got a small community, so it's under-documented and you won't always be able to find someone who's run into the same problem with a good explanation as to how to fix it.