diff --git a/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
index d674a2d..773055a 100644
--- a/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
+++ b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
@@ -1,105 +1,24 @@
+# hosts/YourHostName/default.nix
 { pkgs, dotfiles, ... }:
-
-let
-  packageSets = with pkgs; rec {
-    system = [
-      gnutls
-      gsasl
-      libtool
-      patchelf
-      pcre
-      pinentry
-      pkg-config
-    ];
-
-    base = [
-      act
-      bat
-      bitwarden-cli
-      cloudflared
-      delta
-      exa
-      ffmpeg
-      fzf
-      gh
-      # git # already managed by home-manager
-      git-crypt
-      gitui
-      gnupg
-      jq
-      kubectl
-      kubelogin-oidc
-      mosh
-      neovim
-      nixpkgs-fmt
-      ripgrep
-      sops
-      vim
-      wget
-    ];
-
-    languages = [
-      crystal
-      deno
-      dotnet-sdk
-      go
-      jdk
-      nil
-      nodejs_20
-      ruby_3_1
-      sbcl
-      shards
-      zig
-    ];
-
-    programs = [
-      jetbrains.idea-ultimate
-      jetbrains.phpstorm
-      jetbrains.rider
-      rectangle
-      slack
-      tailscale
-    ];
-
-    multimedia = [
-      ffmpeg
-    ];
-
-    everything = system ++ base ++ languages ++ programs ++ multimedia;
-  };
-
-in
 {
-  imports = [];
-
-  # Absolutely proprietary.
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-
   # 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;
 
-  # enable the gpg agent by default
-  programs.gnupg.agent.enable = true;
-
-  # 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;
-
-  # Make sure to set the correct values, or everything will break! (in reality,
-  # it will just not build)
   users.users.alyxia = {
     name = "alyxia";
     home = "/Users/alyxia";
   };
+  
+
+  # enable the gpg agent by default
+  programs.gnupg.agent.enable = true;
 
   home-manager = {
     useGlobalPkgs = true;
     useUserPackages = true;
     users.alyxia = { pkgs, ... }: {
-      home = {
-        packages = packageSets.everything;
-      };
-
       programs.zsh = {
         enable = true;
         initExtra = ''
@@ -135,48 +54,10 @@ in
     enable = true;
     onActivation = {
       autoUpdate = true;
-      cleanup = "zap";
       upgrade = true;
     };
-
-    taps = [
-      "drud/ddev"
-      "homebrew/cask"
-      "homebrew/cask-versions"
-    ];
-
-    # Please do not the brew.
-    brews = [
-      "composer"
-      "croc"
-      "ddev"
-      "mkcert"
-      "pkg-config"
-      "sdl2"
-    ];
-
     casks = [
-      "1password"
-      "1password-cli"
-      "alt-tab"
-      "android-studio"
-      "audacity"
-      "background-music"
-      "db-browser-for-sqlite"
       "discord"
-      "discord-ptb"
-      "docker"
-      "firefox"
-      "google-chrome"
-      "itch"
-      "iterm2"
-      "obs"
-      "raycast"
-      "sequel-ace"
-      "shottr"
-      "spotify"
-      "thunderbird"
-      "visual-studio-code"
     ];
   };
 }