I have been vaguely aware of Nix for several years but never really took the time to sit down and play around with it until recently. I originally started writing an intro-style blog-post about Nix as a way to document my learning path but the post just kept growing and growing in scope. It got to a point where - with the limited spare time I have these days - I would never be able to finish it. So instead I thought I’d simply start by writing about why I’m interested in Nix and what prob...