{
  description = "Emile's Nix Dotfiles";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    colmena.url = "github:zhaofengli/colmena/?rev=47b6414d800c8471e98ca072bc0835345741a56a";

    grub2-themes.url = "github:vinceliuice/grub2-themes";
  };

  outputs = {
    self,
    nixpkgs,
    nixpkgs-unstable,
    grub2-themes,
    colmena,
    ...
  } @ inputs: let
    system = "x86_64-linux";

    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
      inherit system;
      config = {
        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 ./.;
  in {
    devShells."x86_64-linux".default = pkgs.mkShell {
      shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";

      packages = with pkgs; [
        # ./script/* dependencies
        mkpasswd
      ];
    };

    nixosConfigurations = {
      # i be on my puter fr
      myputer = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        # nix passes these to every single module
        specialArgs = {inherit inputs pkgs-unstable;};

        modules = [
          ./hosts/myputer
          grub2-themes.nixosModules.default
        ];
      };

      # my laptop 0w0
      lolcathost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        specialArgs = {inherit inputs pkgs-unstable;};

        modules = [
          ./hosts/lolcathost
          grub2-themes.nixosModules.default
        ];
      };
    };

    # remote deployment to my servers!!
    colmenaHive = colmena.lib.makeHive {
      meta = {
        nixpkgs = pkgs;
        specialArgs = {inherit pkgs-unstable;};

        # set nixpkgs per server
        nodeNixpkgs = {
          hyrule = import nixpkgs {
            system = "x86_64-linux";
            config.allowUnfree = false;
          };
        };
      };

      # meine vps
      hyrule = import ./hosts/hyrule;
    };
  };
}