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[–] wdx@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

What does it do that hermit cant?

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure nix is great once you learn it. Most people will not, if this can be simpler and somewhat robust it absolutely has a use axe.

There is also devbox which abstracts away all the nixiness of Nix. Having alternatives is always good though.