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by benreesman 1409 days ago
You aren’t dumb. Nix is that rarest of birds: something damned-near impossible to learn well that’s still worth it.

Learning Nix well from the Internet is a horror film. But… once you do it’s shockingly, actually worth it.

Getting anything complicated working/building under Nix is a PITA, the payoff is that when you fix broken things, they stay fixed.

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I introduced Nix into our build setup as well. We are an acquisition within Google and it's been quite a fun adventure incorporating it alongside Bazel.

Nix has been great but I've run up against a few thorny edges. Luckily I've sent out patches for them; long love OSS :)