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https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-shell-nix-shell-and-nix-develop/25964/4
Interesting, didn't know the history of the command. But that post confirms my understanding, that nix shell/develop are the new replacements for nix-shell, with nix shell for temporary package installs and nix develop for debugging and developing
As far as I understand, they're not replacements in the same way nix profile replaces nix-env. They seem to serve a different purpose, but I don't know enough to say for certain.
of course they're not a drop-in replacement, as the cli is getting a major redesign, but as per your source
it seems like they are made to fulfill the same purpose