At least, for me, Nix was never attractive, and it should be by all means, the features it provides. I still see this as an alternative, where I’m more than satisfied with my bash scripts and git repos, syncthing backups to rebuild the whole system.
And, on the second part, this schism that happened in Nix is the same recipie that happened in other projects. I just find it funny.
works fine for me, didn’t really see any big issues.