{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  ...
}: let
  readScriptsRecursively = dir: let
    entries = builtins.readDir dir; # This gives an attrset of filenames -> { "type": "regular"|"directory", ...}
    names = builtins.attrNames entries;
  in
    # We convert all items to a list of name/value pairs; then flatten them
    lib.attrsets.listToAttrs (lib.concatMap (
        entry: let
          fullPath = "${dir}/${entry}";
          entryInfo = entries.${entry}; # e.g., {type="regular"|"directory",size=...}
        in
          if entryInfo.type == "directory"
          then
            # Recursively read sub-directory
            builtins.attrValues (readScriptsRecursively fullPath)
          else
            # For a file, produce an attribute set item
            [
              {
                name = entry;
                value = fullPath;
              }
            ]
      )
      names);

  scripts = readScriptsRecursively ./scripts;

  scriptDerivations =
    lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (
      scriptName: scriptPath:
        pkgs.writeShellApplication {
          name = scriptName;

          # Pick whatever runtime dependencies you need
          runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
            # Example: netcat, bashInteractive, curl, etc.
            netcat
          ];

          # The text of the shell script is read directly from the file
          text = builtins.readFile scriptPath;
        }
    )
    scripts;
in {
  home.username = "synchronous";
  home.homeDirectory = "/home/synchronous";
  imports = [
    ./programs/programs.nix
    ./services/services.nix
    ./wallpapers/default.nix
    ./fonts/default.nix # need to manage fonts in two places becuase life sucks nix sucks
  ];

  home.activation.copyScripts = lib.mkAfter ''
    mkdir -p ~/.scripts
    cp ${./nixos-rebuild.sh} ~/.scripts/
    chmod -R u+w ~/.scripts/
  '';

  home.stateVersion = "24.11"; # Please read the comment before changing.

  # home.packages = with pkgs; [xrandr procps polybar bspwm sxhkd polybar-pulseaudio-control bluez];

  home.sessionVariables = {
    EDITOR = "nvim";
    HOME = "/home/synchronous";
    XDG_CACHE_HOME = "$HOME/.cache";
  };

  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
}