Last time I checked (a couple years ago) the version of nix in Arch repos shipped a subtly modified default configuration that rendered it broken, so yeah, a quintiessential Linux experience.
Installing nix from a package repository feels very wrong.
You can always get it from a AUR on arch which is user repos if thats the case, kinda like Ubuntus PPAs.
That meme got old.
I use arch, btw, because its a solid rolling release and the AUR. Its the absolute best distro for a developer, theres really no competition.
Agreed. I use a flavor called EndeavourOS. Very happy with it. I have had bad experiences with other flavors in the past like Manjaro. I think yay is peak for me so far.