> So you need environment managers: rvm, nvm, rbenv, pipenv, virtualenv, asdf, gvm… The list of acronyms just gets longer and longer.
That's where Nix[1] shines, as most of the times you no longer need these separate tools for creating individual isolated environments for specific languages/frameworks.
It also can help in partially replacing the local docker daemon for regular development tasks with images[2], with a help from Hocker[3]
[1] https://nix.dev/tutorials/ad-hoc-developer-environments.html
[2] https://nix.dev/tutorials/building-and-running-docker-images...