{ pkgs, self, ... }: {

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

    # data manipulation
    jless
    jq
    yq

    # nix related
    nil
    nix-direnv
    nixd
    nixfmt
    nixpkgs-fmt
    rnix-lsp

    # my own stuff
    self.packages.${pkgs.system}.git-blame-stats
    self.packages.${pkgs.system}.git-broom
    self.packages.${pkgs.system}.ipconverter
    self.packages.${pkgs.system}.seqstat
  ];

  home.sessionVariables = {
    EDITOR = "emacsclient -a=";
    VISUAL = "emacsclient -a=";
    LESS = "-FRSXM";
    LESSCHARSET = "utf-8";
    PAGER = "less";
  };

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