{ lib, config, pkgs, ... }: {
  config = lib.mkIf config.snowflake.workstation.isDevMachine {
    environment = {
      systemPackages = with pkgs; [
        ## system libs
        gnumake # for Makefile executions

        ## terminal tools
        dnsutils
        git
        zip
        sshfs
        glxinfo
        lshw
        stow
        wl-clipboard
        bc # basic calculator
        htmlq # html parser like jq
        litecli # for exploring sql databases in the cli
        moreutils # for sponge to allow inplace editing using jq
        xorg.xev
        wev
        unzip
        arp-scan # for finding devices on network

        ## cli enhancers
        ripgrep # grep in rust
        eza # ls alternative
        zoxide # cd alternative
        difftastic # syntactic diff

        ## terminal multiplexer
        tmux
        tmuxinator # pre determined layout maker for tmux

        ## battery
        powertop

        ## video player
        yt-dlp # for mpv_quick
        # # disabling streamlink because of build failure
        # streamlink # cli for streaming from youtube or google drive

        ## torrent
        # nodePackages.webtorrent-cli # commenting out, waiting on this issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/321300
        # qbittorrent # torrent

        ## kubernetes
        kubectl
        k9s
        kubernetes-helm
        cmctl # cert manager cli tool for k8s
        kubelogin # for azure kubernetes login

        atuin # shell history in sqlite

        pinentry-curses # choosing this since it is the default package - https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&show=programs.gnupg.agent.pinentryPackage&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=programs.gnupg.agent.pinentryPackage

        ## neovim deps
        tree-sitter # for parser
        gcc # for neovim
        fzf # terminal reverse search + nvim-telescope
        fd # nvim-telescope
        black # code formatter for python in neovim
        isort # code formatter for python in neovim
        nixpkgs-review # fore reviewing PRs
        pyright # lsp server for python in neovim
        nodePackages.prettier # code formatter for js/ts in neovim
        pgformatter # code formatter for sql in neovim
        jq # code formatter for json in neovim
        lua-language-server # lsp for lua in neovim
        stylua # code formatter for lua in neovim
        nodePackages.fixjson # code formatter for json in neovim
        shellcheck
        shellharden
        shfmt
        ruff # code formatter for python in neovim
        nodePackages.bash-language-server
        vscode-langservers-extracted # lsp for markdown in neovim
        dockerfile-language-server-nodejs # for dockerfiles
        nodePackages.typescript-language-server # lsp for typescript in neovim
        emmet-ls # lsp for tsx files in neovim
        terraform-ls # lsp for terraform files in neovim
        pciutils # for lspci
        # rubocop # code formatter for ruby

        ## nix tools
        nixd
        nix-index
        nixpkgs-fmt
        nixfmt-classic
        nvd # Nix/NixOS package version diff tool

        ## docker
        # dive # to analyze container images # never used

        ## backups
        restic

        ## work
        # azure-cli # breaking because of some nacl modulenotfound error
        azure-storage-azcopy # to create and push vhd image to azure

        ## emacs
        ispell # dictionary for doom emacs
        graphviz # for org-roam in doom emacs
        sqlite # for lookup in doom emacs

        ## android
        android-tools

        ## speech to text
        ffmpeg
        # openai-whisper # won't work with GPU because of mismatching version
        # openai-whisper-cpp

        ## try out other OSes
        # distrobox  # useless, not using

        ## vpn tools
        wireguard-tools
        openvpn

        ## kvm
        # libguestfs
        # p7zip
        # dmg2img
        # tesseract
        # cdrkit
        # libvirt-glib

        # red teaming
        # mitmproxy # use in docker container

        ## marshal - ads
        # oauth2l # interfacing with Google API

        ## devops
        # terraformer # use in docker container

        ## bitwardel cli for secrets
        bitwarden-cli

        ## cli
        apacheHttpd # for htpasswd
        aichat # for chatgpt in terminal

        ## removing as unable to use, will add back when can use it
        # deepfilternet # for noise supressions
      ];
    };
  };
}