{
  description = "Nix flake for developing with vulkan and cpp";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
    let
      allSystems = [
        "x86_64-linux" # 64bit AMD/Intel x86
      ];

      forAllSystems = fn:
        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs allSystems
          (system: fn { pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; }; });

    in
    {
      devShells = forAllSystems ({ pkgs }: {
        default = pkgs.mkShell {
          name = "vulkan CPP dev shell";
          # gcc appears to be broken 
          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs ;[
            (hiPrio clang-tools.override {
              llvmPackages = llvmPackages_16;
              enableLibcxx = false;
            })
            # CPP deps
            clang-tools
            glm
            cmake
            # Vulkan Deps
            vulkan-tools
            vulkan-headers
            vulkan-loader
            vulkan-validation-layers
            shaderc
            shaderc.dev
            shaderc.lib
            shaderc.bin
            shaderc.static
            glslang
            # X11 Deps
            xorg.libX11
            xorg.libXi
            xorg.libXxf86vm
            xorg.libXrandr
            xorg.libXinerama
            xorg.libXcursor
            glfw
            # Wayland deps
            glfw-wayland
            waylandpp
            wayland
            # dev tools
            valgrind
            renderdoc
            # general deps
            imgui
            # calculating fast fourier transforms
            fftw
            # psa deps
            cgal
            boost
            cairo
            # ffmpeg for plot animation
            ffmpeg
            #omp
            llvmPackages.openmp
            ] ++ [
                ## Phython stuff for plotting
                (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; with python3Packages; [
                  jupyter
                  ipython
                  matplotlib
                  numpy
                  ipympl
                ]))
            ];
          # TODO: include deps depending on XDG_SESSION_TYPE here (wayland vs X11)s
        };
      });
    };
}