diff --git a/lib/mkNeovim.nix b/lib/mkNeovim.nix
index 3922e43..d1d06df 100644
--- a/lib/mkNeovim.nix
+++ b/lib/mkNeovim.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
   overlays,
   inputs,
 }:
-user: system:
+configPath: system:
 let
   darwin = nixpkgs.lib.strings.hasSuffix "-darwin" system;
+  user = builtins.elemAt (builtins.split "/" configPath) 0;
 
   host = {
     inherit darwin;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ in
 (inputs.nvf.lib.neovimConfiguration {
   pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
   modules = builtins.filter (f: f != null) [
-    (../users + ("/" + user + "/vim.nix"))
+    (../users + ("/" + configPath + "/vim.nix"))
     ../modules/neovim
   ];
   extraSpecialArgs = {
diff --git a/modules/neovim/default.nix b/modules/neovim/default.nix
index 84be6e1..eca66b0 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   config,
+  pkgs,
   lib,
-  host,
   ...
 }:
+let
+  allowExe = config.shared.allowExe;
+in
 {
   # based on default options from upstream:
   # https://github.com/NotAShelf/nvf/blob/main/configuration.nix
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@
   #
   # override level 999 is used to not conflict with mkDefault as used by nvf.
   # which allows user configurations to disable/override anything here.
-  vim = lib.mkOverride 999 {
+  config.vim = lib.mkOverride 999 {
     theme = {
       enable = true;
     };
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@
     };
     lsp = {
       # Must be enabled for language modules to hook into the LSP API.
-      enable = true;
+      enable = allowExe;
       formatOnSave = true;
       # show errors inline
       # https://github.com/folke/trouble.nvim
@@ -48,30 +51,43 @@
     };
     debugger = {
       nvim-dap = {
-        enable = true;
+        enable = allowExe;
         ui.enable = true;
       };
     };
     languages = {
       enableFormat = true;
-      enableTreesitter = true;
+      enableTreesitter = allowExe;
       enableExtraDiagnostics = true;
 
       # sort-lines: on
-      assembly.enable = true;
-      bash.enable = true;
-      clang.enable = true;
-      css.enable = true;
-      html.enable = true;
-      nix.enable = true;
-      rust.crates.enable = true;
-      rust.enable = true;
-      ts.enable = true;
-      zig.enable = true;
+      assembly.enable = allowExe;
+      bash.enable = allowExe;
+      clang.enable = allowExe;
+      css.enable = allowExe;
+      html.enable = allowExe;
+      nix.enable = allowExe;
+      rust.crates.enable = allowExe;
+      rust.enable = allowExe;
+      ts.enable = allowExe;
+      zig.enable = allowExe;
       # sort-lines: off
 
+      ts.format.enable = false; # deno fmt is enabled elsewhere
       nix.format.type = "nixfmt"; # looks so much nicer
     };
+    formatter.conform-nvim = {
+      enable = true;
+      setupOpts.formatters_by_ft = {
+        typescript = [ "deno_fmt" ];
+        typescriptreact = [ "deno_fmt" ];
+        javascript = [ "deno_fmt" ];
+        javascriptreact = [ "deno_fmt" ];
+      };
+      setupOpts.formatters.deno_fmt = {
+        command = lib.meta.getExe pkgs.deno;
+      };
+    };
     filetree = {
       neo-tree = {
         enable = true;
@@ -81,7 +97,7 @@
       nvimBufferline.enable = true;
     };
     autocomplete = {
-      blink-cmp.enable = true;
+      blink-cmp.enable = allowExe;
     };
     statusline = {
       lualine = {
@@ -132,8 +148,8 @@
       todo-comments.enable = true;
     };
     git = {
-      enable = true;
-      gitsigns.enable = true;
+      enable = allowExe;
+      gitsigns.enable = allowExe;
       gitsigns.codeActions.enable = false; # throws an annoying debug message
     };
   };
diff --git a/users/chloe/configuration.nix b/users/chloe/configuration.nix
index 4f47f34..ca99126 100644
--- a/users/chloe/configuration.nix
+++ b/users/chloe/configuration.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
   # packages for all machines
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
   ];
-  # services for all machines
-  services.karabiner-elements.enable = true;
 
   # configuration for shared modules.
   # all custom options in 'shared' for clarity.
diff --git a/users/chloe/home.nix b/users/chloe/home.nix
index 5aa9dc9..5bcabdf 100644
--- a/users/chloe/home.nix
+++ b/users/chloe/home.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in
           ffmpeg
           ripgrep
           uv
+          nh
         ];
         # packages to install for desktop environments (non-server)
         desktop = [
@@ -36,9 +37,31 @@ in
     btop.enable = true;
     fd.enable = true;
     hyfetch.enable = true;
-    zsh.enable = true;
     # sort-lines:end
 
+    # zsh is the shell i use
+    zsh = {
+      enable = true;
+      enableCompletion = true;
+      autosuggestion.enable = true;
+      syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
+
+      history.size = 10000;
+
+      shellAliases = {
+        switch = "nh darwin switch ~/config";
+      };
+      profileExtra = ''
+        function python() {
+          dirname=$(dirname $1 2>/dev/null)
+          if [ -z "$dirname" ]; then
+            dirname=$(pwd)
+          fi
+          uv run --project "$dirname" "$@"
+        }
+      '';
+    };
+
     # use a git-specific email
     git.userEmail = "git@paperclover.net";
 
diff --git a/users/chloe/vim.nix b/users/chloe/vim.nix
index f7db33f..eb49c66 100644
--- a/users/chloe/vim.nix
+++ b/users/chloe/vim.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { ... }:
 {
+  vim.languages.astro.enable = true;
   vim.theme.extraConfig = ''
     if vim.g.neovide then
       vim.g.neovide_cursor_trail_size = 0.3