> Flakes will hopefully be that soon but I wouldn't recommend starting with flakes when learning Nix in 2023. They're experimental and you still need to learn most of flake-less Nix (except channels and NIX_PATH) anyways.
I've used Nix for a decade and wouldn't recommend the confusing and horrible user experience of Nix without flakes.
Additionally, if you are using github for code examples, you'll have far more success using flakes.
Many experienced people a new user would get help from, including myself, have long since washed their hands of prw-flakes issues and arcana like channels issues.
I've used Nix for a decade and wouldn't recommend the confusing and horrible user experience of Nix without flakes.
Additionally, if you are using github for code examples, you'll have far more success using flakes.
Many experienced people a new user would get help from, including myself, have long since washed their hands of prw-flakes issues and arcana like channels issues.