{
  description = "Emile's Nix Dotfiles";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
  
    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
  };

  outputs = { 
    self, 
    nixpkgs,
    home-manager,
    hyprland,
    ...
  }@inputs: 
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      #system = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;      

      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
        inherit system;
        
        config = {
          allowUnfree = false;
        };
      };

      # this is just something I'm experimenting with
      PROJECT_ROOT = builtins.toString ./.;

    in {
      nixosConfigurations = {
        # i be on my puter fr
        myputer = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
          modules = [
            ./hosts/myputer
          ];
          specialArgs = { 
            inherit inputs system; # inherit inputs outputs;
          };
        };

        # my laptop 0w0
        #lolcathost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        #  modules = [
        #    ./hosts/lolcathost
        #  ];
        #  specialArgs = { 
        #    inherit system; # inherit inputs outputs;
        #  };
        #};
      };

      homeConfigurations = {
        me = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
          inherit pkgs;

          modules = [ 
            ./home/me
          ];
        };
      };
    };
}