> In almost all ecosystems, it is difficult to keep track of binary dependencies. When you depend on a package’s source code, this is normally recorded in your manifest file — pyproject.toml, package.json and so on. However, when you depend on a package’s precompiled binaries, this information is usually not recorded anywhere. This means that the binary dependency relationship between your project and whatever you’re depending on is hidden — so we can say that you have a phantom binary dependency.

I know it comes up every time... but nix does kinda exist to solve this problem. At least in pure mode.

Now we just have to improve its ergonomics, while supporting all existing operating systems in production.