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+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let inherit (lib) hm;
+in
+{
+  programs.git = {
+    enable = true;
+    userName = "Leonora Tindall";
+    userEmail = "nora@nora.codes";
+    delta.enable = true;
+    extraConfig = {
+      init.defaultBranch = "main";
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableAutosuggestions = true;
+    enableCompletion = true;
+    enableVteIntegration = true;
+  };
+
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    htop
+    wget
+    ripgrep
+    bat
+    fd
+    neofetch
+    dfc
+  ];
+
+  # Home Manager is pretty good at managing dotfiles. The primary way to manage
+  # plain files is through 'home.file'.
+  home.file = {
+    # # Building this configuration will create a copy of 'dotfiles/screenrc' in
+    # # the Nix store. Activating the configuration will then make '~/.screenrc' a
+    # # symlink to the Nix store copy.
+    # ".screenrc".source = dotfiles/screenrc;
+
+    # # You can also set the file content immediately.
+    # ".gradle/gradle.properties".text = ''
+    #   org.gradle.console=verbose
+    #   org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=3600000
+    # '';
+  };
+
+  # env vars
+  home.sessionVariables = {};
+
+  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+
+  # Basic information
+  home.username = "nora";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/nora";
+  home.stateVersion = "23.11";
+
+  # Because we're on Debian
+  targets.genericLinux.enable = true;
+
+  # Because we're on KDE; this refreshes the icon cache and .desktop file cache
+  home.activation.updateKdeIconCache = hm.dag.entryAfter [ "installPackages" ] ''
+    run /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca5 --noincremental
+  '';
+
+  # Because I want Firefox
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+}