i thought it was a little complicated at first.. but once i started using it i got comfortable

• One language and syntax to configure every aspect of the system • Dependable and accurate control of system states • Ability to back out upgrades, even if the system is unbootable • Create isolated, disposable environments for trying new packages • Create software build environments with just the dependencies you need • No worrying whether installing some dependency or tool is going to mess up your system

- reproducibility and deduplication, and many other benefits from Nix package manager - configuration management united with system configuration - actually, quite fast for deploys - upgrades can be rolled back without fear, because it doesn't manage state - functional language as configuration language. Immutability, referential transparency and laziness are really cool! - good and evolving community - easy to patch packages, easy to create new packages (Nix benefits) - open world module system for configuration, where it is easy to manage dependencies and harder to make errors