alt Hacker NewsThe difference is, you can create proper abstraction modules that put everything together, from dependencies, to config files, firewall rules etc and have nice options for your abstraction.
No other system provides this in that sane way. I used countless configuration systems, from custom bash hacks, ansible, chef, puppet, salt - I have seen a lot.
Nix is just on another level. Never going back
> The difference is, you can create proper abstraction modules that put everything together, from dependencies, to config files, firewall rules etc and have nice options for your abstraction.
Yes, this is an understated benefit.
The declarative interface is nice.
That NixOS configs are modular allows you to create those abstractions. -- In the same sense terraform modules are "infrastructure as code", NixOS modules are "system configuration as code".