{
  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";
    };

	spicetify-nix = {
      url = "github:Gerg-L/spicetify-nix";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

	# is this necessary? (aren't I enabling it in `configuration.nix` anyways?)
    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 = true;
      };

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

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

          modules = [
            ./hosts/myputer
	        #home-manager.nixosModules.default
          ];
        };

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

          modules = [
            ./hosts/lolcathost
          ];
        };
      };

      homeConfigurations = {
        me = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
          specialArgs = {
		    inherit inputs;
   		  };

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