diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2e0323f..1be0a3d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@
             ./home-manager/home.nix
           ];
         };
+
+        "${username}@enoko" = lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+            pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
+            extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs username; };
+            modules = [
+              ./home-manager/home.nix
+            ];
+          };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/home-manager/devel.nix b/home-manager/devel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e5fdec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/devel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{lib, pkgs, config, ...}: {
+  # install some base linux packages for development
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    gcc
+    gnumake
+
+    lazygit
+    unzip
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/home-manager/fish.nix b/home-manager/fish.nix
index e0efd61..5367dcd 100644
--- a/home-manager/fish.nix
+++ b/home-manager/fish.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@
       gaa = "git add --all";
       gco = "git checkout";
       editorigin = "git remote set-url origin";
+
+      # nix aliases
+      n = "nix";
+      nd = "nix develop";
+      ns = "nix shell";
+      np = "nix profile";
+      ngc = "nix-collect-garbage";
+      hm = "home-manager";
+      hmreload = "cd ~/nix-config && home-manager switch --flake .#(whoami)@(hostname) && cd -";
+      hminplace = "home-manager switch --flake .#(whoami)@(hostname)";
     };
 
     plugins = [
diff --git a/home-manager/home.nix b/home-manager/home.nix
index d450685..c9e2436 100644
--- a/home-manager/home.nix
+++ b/home-manager/home.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 }: {
   # You can import other home-manager modules here
   imports = [
+    ./devel.nix
     ./fish.nix
     ./neovim.nix
     ./mise.nix
diff --git a/home-manager/mise.nix b/home-manager/mise.nix
index 58c3889..0a46ccc 100644
--- a/home-manager/mise.nix
+++ b/home-manager/mise.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    python3 # needed for installing node.js
+  ];
   programs.mise = {
     enable = true;
     enableFishIntegration = true;