{
  description = "Iwakura System Flake";
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware";
    home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-20.09";
    swatch = {
      url = "github:techieAgnostic/swatch";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
    vim = {
      url = "github:techieAgnostic/vim";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
    agenix = {
      url = "github:ryantm/agenix";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };
  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, agenix, nixos-hardware, swatch, vim, ...}: {
    nixosConfigurations.iwakura = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [

        # enable secrets in the store
        agenix.nixosModules.age
        (import ./secrets)
	
        # enable flakes or we'll be sad
        (import ./modules/flakes)

        # enable sane garbage collection options
        (import ./modules/gc)

        # enabling window-manager
        (import ./modules/bspwm)

        # emacs + package override
        (import ./modules/emacs)

        # disk partitions and such (plus more that needs to be taken out)
        (import ./hardware/iwakura)

        # sane nameservers because aussie gov blocks everything
        (import ./modules/nameservers)

        # community settings for this laptop
        nixos-hardware.nixosModules.lenovo-thinkpad-t420
        nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-pc-laptop-ssd

        # import home manager profiles and set to use same nixpkgs
        home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager {
          home-manager = {
            useGlobalPkgs = true;
            useUserPackages = true;
            users = {
              root = import ./users/root/home.nix;
              thorn = import ./users/thorn/home.nix;
            };
          };
        }

        # import nix config user profiles + misc
        ({ pkgs, ... }: {
          nixpkgs.overlays = [
            swatch.overlay
            vim.overlay
            agenix.overlay
            (import ./overlays/picom.nix)
          ];
          nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake = nixpkgs;
          imports = [
            ./users/root
            ./users/thorn
          ];
        })
      ];
    };
  };
}