{
  config,
  lib,
  pkgs,
  inputs,
  ...
}: let
  
  # general config
  home_linux = {
    username = "blake";
    homeDirectory = "/home/blake";
  };
  home_darwin = {
    username = "bhelderman";
    homeDirectory = "/Users/bhelderman";
  };
in
{
  imports = [
    inputs.sops-nix.homeManagerModules.sops
    ./dots/neovim
    ./dots/lf
    ./dots/zsh
    ./dots/ssh
    ./dots/gpg
    ./dots/git
    ./dots/xdg
  ];

  # set home manager config based on system type
  home = (if pkgs.system == "x86_64-darwin" then home_darwin else home_linux) // {
    # cross party general packages here : )
    stateVersion = "25.05";
    packages = with pkgs; [
      ripgrep
      btop
      p7zip
      imagemagick
      sops
      usbutils
    ];
  };

  # needed for macos, linux don't mind
  programs.home-manager.enable = true;

  # set up seperate key file just for me 
  sops = {
    defaultSopsFile = ./secrets/secrets.yaml;
    defaultSopsFormat = "yaml";
    age.keyFile = "/home/blake/.config/sops/age/keys.txt";
  };
}