Note: I wrote the vast majority of this post on August 24, 2022, but I decided that it was a whiny rant that I didn’t want to publish. I came across the draft in January 2024, remembered that this entire series is a whiny rant, and decided to publish it anyway. I’ve been a happy Nix user for about 18 months now, and– well, not happy happy, but satisfied… no… not really satisfied either; perhaps it’s more of a resigned disgruntlement; a feeling that despite its many flaws, it’s s...