Now you have to set up Nix first and deal with that nightmare of a learning curve. Just to auto-install some dependencies for a script.

Might as well rewrite all your scripts in Rust too while you're layering on unholy amounts of complexity.

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Diti 10 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s like Vim, you learn it once, and you keep using it forever once you’re used to it.

I’m so thankful to see a flake.nix file in every single cool project on code forges.

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HumanOstrich 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Yea that's a common theme of excuses for both Rust and Nix. Wrong though, because most anyone who can use a computer at all can learn the basics of Vim.

Seeing that flake.nix badge of complexity lets me know a project will be a nightmare to set up and will break every other week. It's usually right next to the Cargo.toml badge with 400 dependencies underneath.

	▲	kokada 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nix with Flakes never randomly break, I still have projects from 3 or 4 years ago that I can still run `nix build` and getting it running. Yes, if you try to update the `flake.lock` this may introduce breakages, but this is expected if you're pining `nixos-unstable` instead of a stable branch.