Nixpkgs isn't Nix and in production you rarely just use Nixpkgs verbatim. It's trivial to overlay whatever versions you want (including forks), and I'd say it's expected for any company in production to manage their package set.
We are talking about a company full of professionals. If they need something obvious, simple, and default to manage their build - the core business function that turns their text into deployable artifacts - maybe there is a skill culture issue.
We are talking about a company full of professionals. If they need something obvious, simple, and default to manage their build - the core business function that turns their text into deployable artifacts - maybe there is a skill culture issue.
The industry is full of ineptitude though.