{
  description = "0x29a NixOS flake config";

  inputs = {

    # the main nix package collection
    nixpkgs = {
      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    };

    # home manager for dotfiles
    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }:
    let
      lib = nixpkgs.lib;
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
    in {
    # nixos system config
    nixosConfigurations = {
      default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        inherit system;
        modules = [
          # import host specific configs
          ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
          # import host specific hardware configs
          ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
        ];
      };
    };
    # home-manager config
    homeConfigurations = {
      aaron = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
        inherit pkgs;
        modules = [ ./hosts/default/home.nix ];
      };
    };   
  };
}