That made me laugh because I understand the feeling.
Homebrew is very, very good at the things Nix is worst at.
But Nix is also excellent at the things Homebrew is worst at.
The new CLI that comes (disabled by default because it's still 'experimental') with the most recent major Nix release (2.4) goes a long way toward learning from the UX of tools like Homebrew. Hopefully changes like that will help more people get to the good parts before the UX warts turn them off.
Homebrew is very, very good at the things Nix is worst at.
But Nix is also excellent at the things Homebrew is worst at.
The new CLI that comes (disabled by default because it's still 'experimental') with the most recent major Nix release (2.4) goes a long way toward learning from the UX of tools like Homebrew. Hopefully changes like that will help more people get to the good parts before the UX warts turn them off.