1 files changed, 22 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/hosts/default.nix
index e12b1f6..5abd965 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,33 @@
-{
-  nixpkgs,
-  self,
-  outputs,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inputs = self.inputs;
+{self, ...}: let
+  # get inputs from self
+  inherit (self) inputs;
+  # get necessary inputs from self.inputs
+  inherit (inputs) nixpkgs lanzaboote nixos-hardware;
+  inherit (inputs.home-manager.nixosModules) home-manager;  
+  # get lib from nixpkgs and create and alias  for lib.nixosSystem
+  # for potential future overrides & abstractions
+  inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
+  mkSystem = lib.nixosSystem;
 
-  home-manager = inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager;
-  homes = ../homes;
-in {
-  nixbox = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-    specialArgs = {inherit inputs outputs;};
-    modules = [
-      # this list defines which files will be imported to be used as "modules" in the system config
-      ./nixbox/configuration.nix
+  home = ../homes;
 
-      # use the nixos-module for home-manager
-      home-manager
-      homes
-    ];
-  };
+  # define a sharedArgs variable that we can simply inherit
+  # across all hosts to avoid traversing the file whenever
+  # we need to add a common specialArg
+  # if a host needs a specific arg that others do not need
+  # then we can merge into the old attribute set as such:
+  # specialArgs = commonArgs // { newArg = "value"; };
 
-  nixpad = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-    specialArgs = {inherit inputs outputs;};
+  commonArgs = {inherit self inputs;};
+in {
+  "nixpad" = mkSystem {
+    specialArgs = commonArgs;
     modules = [
       # this list defines which files will be imported to be used as "modules" in the system config
       ./nixpad/configuration.nix
-
       # use the nixos-module for home-manager
       home-manager
-      homes
+      home
     ];
   };
 }