{ pkgs, config, ... }: {

  home.packages = with pkgs; [
    # shell utils
    coreutils
    direnv
    ripgrep
    tree
    wget

    # data manipulation
    jless
    jq
    yq

    # media
    # mpv - TODO: this is currently broken
    ffmpeg

    # dicts
    aspell
    aspellDicts.en
    aspellDicts.en-computers
    aspellDicts.en-science

    # nix related
    nil
    nix-direnv
    nixd
    nixfmt-classic
    nixpkgs-fmt
    nil # nix lsp
  ];

  programs.tmux = {
    enable = true;
    terminal = "xterm-256color";
    escapeTime = 0;
    aggressiveResize = true;
    baseIndex = 1;
    shortcut = "z";
    clock24 = true;
    shell = "${pkgs.fish}/bin/fish";
    historyLimit = 50000; # Bigger buffer
    extraConfig = ''
      setw -g mouse on

      # Avoid date/time taking up space
      set -g status-right ""
      set -g status-right-length 0

      set-option -g renumber-windows on
    '';
  };

  xdg = {
    configFile = {
      "aspell/config".text = ''
        local-data-dir ${pkgs.aspell}/lib/aspell
        data-dir ${pkgs.aspellDicts.en}/lib/aspell
        personal ${config.xdg.configHome}/aspell/en_US.personal
        repl ${config.xdg.configHome}/aspell/en_US.repl
      '';
    };
  };

  home.sessionVariables = {
    EDITOR = "emacsclient -a=";
    VISUAL = "emacsclient -a=";
    LESS = "-FRSXM";
    LESSCHARSET = "utf-8";
    PAGER = "less";
    ASPELL_CONF = "conf ${config.xdg.configHome}/aspell/config;";
    # for some reason, if I don't set this, zsh is picked up and mess up stuff.
    SHELL = "${pkgs.fish}/bin/fish";
    # stop bothering me with brew messages
    HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE = 1;
  };

  # an alternative to ls
  programs.eza = {
    enable = true;
    icons = true;
    extraOptions = [ "--group-directories-first" "--no-quotes" "--git-ignore" ];
  };

  programs.direnv = {
    enable = true;
    nix-direnv.enable = true;
    enableZshIntegration = true;
    config = {
      global.disable_stdin = true;
      global.strict_env = true;
    };
  };
}