That binary feels forced when plenty bounce off it, return six months later, and only get it after a third round of pain. You need to be comfortable reading stack traces. If you want things 'just working' out of the box, Nix still has a talent for making you debug other people's build scripts for an hour, swear at it, and then come back anyway.
Yes, for me it was 2 or 3 rounds of "its just not clicking" before it did and then there was no looking back. Ive heard the same anecdote from lots of others as well.