MAJOR: add nixpkgs-unstable

WARNING: currently sets allowUnfree since idk how to use allowUnfreePredicate for alternative channels

flake.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
+    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
     #home-manager = {
     #  url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
   outputs = {
     self,
     nixpkgs,
+    nixpkgs-unstable,
     grub2-themes,
     colmena,
     ...
@@ -31,6 +33,13 @@
         allowUnfree = false; # sanity check
       };
     };
+
+    pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
+      inherit system;
+      config = {
+        allowUnfree = true; # TODO: bandaid solution... (for minecraft-server)
+      };
+    };
     # TODO: come back to this its really cool
     # this is just something I'm experimenting with
     # PROJECT_ROOT = builtins.toString ./.;
@@ -71,6 +80,8 @@
     colmenaHive = colmena.lib.makeHive {
       meta = {
         nixpkgs = pkgs;
+        specialArgs = {inherit pkgs-unstable;};
+
         # set nixpkgs per server
         nodeNixpkgs = {
           hyrule = import nixpkgs {