[toolz]

I'm curious what you would change the title to so that you perceive it to be less provocative? In my (disclosure: not engaged in the community much at all) opinion the provocation here is simply because the topic touches on a controversial issue.

[rgoulter]

Maybe the "Why did ...?" can come across as confrontational. -- If something's good, you're less likely to ask "why do that?".

"What Nix Flakes Solve" or "Benefits of Nix Flakes" would avoid that.

But, I didn't read the title as provocative.