{ user, pkgs, ... }:
{
  programs = {
    vscode.enable = true;   # yes, sometimes i like to dabble
    vim.enable = true;      # and this one too
    ripgrep.enable = true;  # fast text search across projects
    btop.enable = true;     # even better task manager

    # nicer terminal info
    starship = {
      enable = true;
      enableZshIntegration = true;
      enableBashIntegration = true;
    };

    # fuzzy finder
    fzf = {
      enable = true;
      enableZshIntegration = true;
      enableBashIntegration = true;
    };

    # better cd
    zoxide = {
      enable = true;
      enableZshIntegration = true;
      enableBashIntegration = true;
    };

    # better ls
    eza = {
      enable = true;
      enableZshIntegration = true;
      enableBashIntegration = true;
    };

    # this is mainly for integration with nix flakes in individual projects
    direnv = {
      enable = true;
      enableZshIntegration = true;
      enableBashIntegration = true;
      nix-direnv.enable = true;
    };

    # zsh everywhere with oh-my-zsh
    zsh = {
      enable = true;
      oh-my-zsh = {
        enable = true;
        plugins = [ "git" ];
        theme = "robbyrussell";
      };

      shellAliases = {
        cd = "z";     # zoxide
      };

      # for emacs-eat package
      initContent = pkgs.lib.mkOrder 1200 ''
        [ -n "$EAT_SHELL_INTEGRATION_DIR" ] && \
        source "$EAT_SHELL_INTEGRATION_DIR/zsh"
      '';
    };

    # git with lfs
    git = {
      lfs.enable = true;
      enable = true;
    };
  };
}