&gt; Is it well-supported enough to use day-to-day as a developer?<p>Speaking as someone who knows the developer: no.<p>&gt; Do you often have to build things from source?<p>There&#x27;s ~6500 packages, so it&#x27;s likely you&#x27;ll be installing some stuff from source. It&#x27;s really hard to predict without knowing specifics though. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hydra.nixos.org&#x2F;eval&#x2F;1237359" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hydra.nixos.org&#x2F;eval&#x2F;1237359</a>