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> Unless you're brand new to Linux or computing, it's not a mystery what a given nix config change is ever doing.

I am not brand new - and I don't know what the heck the config is doing.

That is why I rely on documentation.

The "code is self-explanatory" is always an attempt to not have useful documentation and try to rationalise that problem away.

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Nothing about this changes with Nix nor AI agents.

You can read documentation on an as-needed basis or to your heart's content.

The point is that the majority of the day to day changes I make to my desktop environment aren't so critical that I need to do more than read an AI agent's proposed changes to my config and accept them when they look reasonable.

And I don't think looking up the exact config options to NixOS' networking system does anything to increase my knowledge of the OS. It's just a triviality.

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