[dmart]

I like Nix but I think the current model of reinventing a new set of declarative configuration settings for each package is fundamentally misguided and will not scale in the long term (look at the number of program-specific options in Home Manager for example).

The nice thing about container-based systems is that all the existing documentation for configuring a given program continues to apply as expected. Of course the tricky part is figuring out how to compose them together.

[koiueo]

> will not scale in the long term

I first learned about Nix about 10 years ago. And back then I thought exactly this – it can't scale.

But I'm pleased to be proven wrong.