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Different person, but trying to recall my initial painful experience:

"Use case -> how to achieve it", more than "functionality -> how to use it". Nixpills seems to flirt with both concepts, but also is a bit... showing off?

Just plain "I've got this app, how do I package it", "how do I overlay it", "why are there 5 ways of doing overlays that people use differently", "what is the actual expected signature of various flake elements", "what packaging helpers are available and how do I find them", ... would be amazing.

I have issues with nix docs trying to be clever. For example https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Overlays - "Careful, we're using a different self and super here!" - ok, then name them something more descriptive!



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