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Like the other commenter mentioned how npmlock2nix exists but it's hard to figure out that these tools exists.
Im hoping that flakes help solve alot of problems to make it easier for users to jump in. Then hopefully the documentation problem will naturally start going away as more people start using nix.
I think using nix for personal projects helps build your mental model a lot more. Once you take the time to build a package manually alot of it clicks.
As a user of nixos/nix if you're not building packages it's great. Nixos is quite declarative for most settings. The main issue is just figuring out what options exist...
Using flakes and using it for project dependencies though is amazing and quite easy to use imo.
We decided to use it at my job for a new project and it's been pretty amazing https://link.medium.com/DwIGVmRZ6rb