diff --git a/nix/.gitignore b/nix/.gitignore
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+++ b/nix/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+example/
+result
+result/
diff --git a/nix/darwin-configuration.nix b/nix/darwin-configuration.nix.bak
similarity index 100%
rename from nix/darwin-configuration.nix
rename to nix/darwin-configuration.nix.bak
diff --git a/nix/flake.lock b/nix/flake.lock
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+++ b/nix/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "darwin": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1686210161,
+        "narHash": "sha256-cgP8P2Gk4WtOzd/Y7nEmweLpPOtMKVvHCIcq9zm9qMk=",
+        "owner": "lnl7",
+        "repo": "nix-darwin",
+        "rev": "40e4b85baac86969f94d6dba893aeae015c562c1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "lnl7",
+        "repo": "nix-darwin",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "home-manager": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1686265152,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ArdPMx2G2rWlnGlqfIV+efTKXcN7F3W0/b5XKYq7n8E=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "rev": "2bbfc3a78afb4ea60345a5660d8d4173da66c884",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1686087926,
+        "narHash": "sha256-mXzfJpCCT7Vup2sC3rZPB/AbEW+uBjwT027XWm7R6rA=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "9ea6dd599d2781168e36486745b5d17e826ab015",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-23.05-darwin",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "darwin": "darwin",
+        "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "flake of the lyxer...";
+
+  inputs = {
+      nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-23.05-darwin";
+      home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      # nix will normally use the nixpkgs defined in home-managers inputs, we only want one copy of nixpkgs though
+      darwin.url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin";
+      darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; # ...
+  };
+  
+  # add the inputs declared above to the argument attribute set
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, darwin }: {
+    darwinConfigurations."alymac" = darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
+      system = "x86_64-darwin";
+      modules = [ ./hosts/alymac/default.nix ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
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+++ b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
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+# hosts/YourHostName/default.nix
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  # Make sure the nix daemon always runs
+  services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
+  # Installs a version of nix, that dosen't need "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" in /etc/nix/nix.conf
+  # services.nix-daemon.package = pkgs.nixFlakes;
+  
+  # if you use zsh (the default on new macOS installations),
+  # you'll need to enable this so nix-darwin creates a zshrc sourcing needed environment changes
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
+  # bash is enabled by default
+
+  homebrew = {
+    enable = true;
+    onActivation = {
+      autoUpdate = true;
+      upgrade = true;
+    };
+    casks = [
+      "discord"
+    ];
+  };
+}