1. invest a lot of time in learning nix (nixos in my case)

2. set up a system that works great

3. a year or two go by

4. need to make a change, modification, or set up another system

5. relearn everything from step 1

That said, I really do like the system. Just wish it were more user friendly and better documented.

I love nixos but home-manager is just too much to force into all my other machines.