[colordrops]

It's a one time investment though, and the payback is huge.

[k2enemy]

I'd like to agree, but my experience has been different. Basically...

1. invest a lot of time in learning nix (nixos in my case)

2. set up a system that works great

3. a year or two go by

4. need to make a change, modification, or set up another system

5. relearn everything from step 1

That said, I really do like the system. Just wish it were more user friendly and better documented.

[kaba0]

Well, step 3 just shows how great it is.

But ideally no year will go by without using it, because you do install it to another system, tweak your home config, etc. The same way one doesn’t forget most of git, even though that one has some arcane UX.

[colordrops]

If you are only changing your system once ever year or two, then perhaps it's not for you.

I'm running nix-build daily...

[tjoff]

The payback isn't much compared to a regular git repo.

I love nixos but home-manager is just too much to force into all my other machines.