a few people in the replies are asking why someone might want to use nix as an OS / to manage your python packages / to manage your config files.

does anyone want to share their reasons for doing those things? I don't really know.

(please give examples of some specific problems Nix solves for you and what you like about it, don't just say "it's reproducible/declarative” :) )

@b0rk I wrote up why I use Nix to manage my project development environments, but with a twist: I use Devbox to make using Nix extremely easy.

https://alan.norbauer.com/articles/devbox-intro.

Your post inspired me to remove several uses of the word "reproducible" from my write-up so thanks! 😅