[0x457]

Oh, nix is an extra mile. A lot could be improved, but that's what I'm using to deal with dependencies.

[bravetraveler]

Gotcha, I don't feel so floundering now!

I plan to spend more time with it, I see a lot of merit

The amount of control is great, but the docs could use some work. For my simple goals (install Sway, Ansible, some other things) it was a broadsword when I need a butter knife

[0x457]

What sold me on nix is home-manager and flakes: I can easily bootstrap my environment anywhere nix is available.