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@yoshuawuyts like, this is kinda the distinction between distribution packaging vs dev package managers

@FrozenFire hmm, I quite like being able to pin to specific versions; might be just me being a bit spoilt after having had npm

@FrozenFire new patch versions of Node or something wayyyy more unstable might introduce lil bugs - sometimes being deterministic is nice

@yoshuawuyts it's super easy to override node, and you can gate your channel on tests succeeding etc

@yoshuawuyts you can also pin the channel — but what you're asking for is essentially pinning specific functions in a module

@yoshuawuyts it just happens to be a module that contains definitions for building other packages

@FrozenFire I hear what you're saying, and it's different of how I thought of Nix - might need to go deeper - thanks for explaining! ^__^

@yoshuawuyts Nix definitely requires some brain-bending to get used to — but it has become an indispensable tool for me