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by yjftsjthsd-h 1034 days ago
> often full with tools, dependencies, IDE indices, intermediate build results

Tools and dependencies go in nix. Indexes and temporary build stuff is just cache, which you can still have (I'd lean towards regenerating per reboot, but YMMV).

> but it's going to be a lot of effort trying to figure out where all your tools are dumping their state.

Fair. Kind of an indictment of the current state of the ecosystem, but yes.