Hold up, nix added containerization? How did I miss that? I will have another look now!

Also, you're right. For small quick scripts docker can be a hassle. Nowadays though I add building a docker image as part of my project's build/compilation process. The main reason I do this is so that I can work with whatever machine I happen to be on, then just copy paste the app to whatever machine I want it on. No extra config or even a look at the environment required. Just install docker and forget about the rest

update: installing docker on nixos (on a vm) with a nix package failed, not sure why. Perhaps some dependencies were no longer available?

update: nix is is available as a docker image. I'm running it now, we shall see how it goes