{
  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, ... }@inputs: {

    # nixos system config
    nixosConfigurations.default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};

      modules = [
        # import host specific configs
        ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
        # import host specific hardware configs
        ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
      ];
    };
  };

}