Wait, I thought you were criticizing Nix because it uses symbolic links.
I originally used Absible but switched to Nix. I found ansible to be too idiosyncratic and brittle to maintain. It also isn't inherently idempotent though it's supposed to be used that way.
I believe it's `ncmncm` who is mounting a credible argument against the existence and use of symbolic links. I'm the "fuck dynamic linking by default" guy.
I originally used Absible but switched to Nix. I found ansible to be too idiosyncratic and brittle to maintain. It also isn't inherently idempotent though it's supposed to be used that way.