While I too love the promise of Nix, I never was able to handle the configuration of nix. And at this point I've given up on it.
What I wonder is if there is a medium between Nix's build everything from the ground up, and the traditional get everything delivered. I've been excited about the Fedora Atomic collections, silverblue etc., as it gives me a lot of the roll back and isolation of nix with the workflow closer to a regular fedora or arch. I'm not saying that everything is roses, but I've been able to use it more than I ever got out of a nix.
What I wonder is if there is a medium between Nix's build everything from the ground up, and the traditional get everything delivered. I've been excited about the Fedora Atomic collections, silverblue etc., as it gives me a lot of the roll back and isolation of nix with the workflow closer to a regular fedora or arch. I'm not saying that everything is roses, but I've been able to use it more than I ever got out of a nix.