[joshSzep]

Nix vs not Nix seems like a parallel to Infrastructure As Code (terraform for example) vs Cowboying the AWS Console. Is that a fair comparison?

[skulk]

Yes that is a fair comparison. In the latter you have to write down or remember what you did to reproduce it, and even if you make a script it could screw up and leave your system in a bad state.

[cromka]

That script can also stop working or misbehave once the underlaying system state changes, e.g. as the repository packages get updated.

[thumbuddy]

Not really, unfortunately. In my opinion, Nix is more like using Haskell instead of whatever language your team is using to write software.

[ParetoOptimal]

> Nix is more like using Haskell instead of whatever language your team is using to write software.

In my professional experience, this has worked well :)

[SuperSandro2000]

I got pretty far the first year without really writing much nix code at all.