diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d555cb33..8be7f337 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Watch the walkthrough: https://youtu.be/5N-okeDdIuI
 My personal Mac setup, managed with nix-darwin and home-manager.
 One repo, one command, and a fresh Mac ends up configured the same way every time.
 
+nix-darwin manages macOS level packages. home-manager manages home folder settings.
+
+> This is a fork of https://github.com/kunchenguid/dotfiles to add my own tooling around vscode, language servers, local models, and other development needs.
+
 ## Contributing / Using This Repo
 
 These are my personal dotfiles, shared publicly so people can read them, learn from them, and fork them freely.
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 74baa399..5f3d3781 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       AppleInterfaceStyle = "Dark";
       KeyRepeat = 2;          # fast key repeat
       InitialKeyRepeat = 15;  # short delay before repeat
-      _HIHideMenuBar = true;  # auto-hide the menu bar
+      # _HIHideMenuBar = true;  # auto-hide the top menu
       AppleShowAllExtensions = true;
     };
     dock.autohide = true;
@@ -35,11 +35,27 @@
     onActivation.autoUpdate = true;
     onActivation.extraFlags = [ "--force" ];
     brews = [
-      "herdr"
+      "herdr"           # tmux for agents
+      "gh"              # GitHub CLI
+      "ca-certificates" # required for node
+      "node"
+      "go"
+
+      # Common shell / systems tools
+      "wget"
+      "curl"
+      "cloc" # lines of code and other metadata for a repo
+      "ncdu" # disk space usage cli scanner
+      "jq"   # json parsing
     ];
     casks = [
-      "wezterm"
+      "wezterm" # replaces zsh as our terminal of choice
       "claude-code"
+      "lm-studio"    # run local models
+      "sublime-text" # default text editor
+      "rectangle"    # window management
+      "handy"        # local speech-to-text using Whisper or Parakeet models
+      "stats"        # CPU / Memory / swap usage while runing local models
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 96b6b8dd..b17ed4ac 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@
     home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
 
     nix-homebrew.url = "github:zhaofengli/nix-homebrew";
+
+    treehouse = {
+      url = "github:kunchenguid/treehouse";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
-  outputs = inputs@{ self, nix-darwin, nix-homebrew, home-manager, nixpkgs }:
+  outputs = inputs@{ self, nix-darwin, nix-homebrew, home-manager, nixpkgs, treehouse }:
     let
       # The one username line to change if this isn't your machine.
       # bootstrap.sh offers to rewrite this for you if your macOS username differs.
-      user = "kunchen";
+      user = "owner";
     in
     {
       darwinConfigurations."mac" = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@
           {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit user; };
+            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit user treehouse; };
             home-manager.users.${user} = import ./home.nix;
           }
         ];
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 540dc972..7f8d894d 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-{ config, pkgs, user, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, user, treehouse, lib, ... }:
 
 let
   dotfiles = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.dotfiles";
 in
 
 {
+  imports = [ ./vscode.nix ];
+
   home.username = user;
   home.homeDirectory = "/Users/${user}";
   home.stateVersion = "24.11";
@@ -16,8 +18,11 @@ in
     jq        # json on the command line
     lazygit
     neovim
+    # vscode + its extensions live in ./vscode.nix
     # the font everything renders in
     nerd-fonts.hack
+    # treehouse install
+    treehouse.packages.${pkgs.system}.default
   ];
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
   home.sessionVariables.EDITOR = "nvim";
@@ -37,6 +42,10 @@ in
       m = "git switch main";
       cc = "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions";
       co = "codex --full-auto";
+      server = "python3 -m http.server 8080";
+      # run models all night / clamshell without letting the computer sleep
+      preventsleep = "sudo pmset -b sleep 0; sudo pmset -b disablesleep 1";
+      enablesleep = "sudo pmset -b sleep 30; sudo pmset -b disablesleep 0";
     };
   };
 
@@ -79,4 +88,46 @@ in
     config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/home/AGENTS.md";
   home.file.".config/opencode/AGENTS.md".source =
     config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/home/AGENTS.md";
+
+  # VSCode
+  home.file."Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json".source =
+    config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/home/.vscode/settings.json";
+
+
+  # we're using nix to install homebrew, then homebrew to install nodejs/npm so
+  # that we can keep it updated easier than relying on the nix packages.
+  # However, that means we must install the packages ourselves and homebrew 
+  # doesn't have packages for all of them (neither does nix actually) so...
+  # ...here we are with a hacky post-install script.
+  home.activation.installNpmPackages = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+    BREW_BIN="/opt/homebrew/bin"
+    NODE_PATH="$BREW_BIN/node"
+    NPM_PATH="$BREW_BIN/npm"
+    NPX_PATH="$BREW_BIN/npx"
+
+    if [ -x "$NPM_PATH" ]; then
+      export PATH="$BREW_BIN:$PATH"
+
+      # export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX="${config.home.homeDirectory}/.npm-global"
+      # mkdir -p "$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX"
+
+      echo "Installing global npm packages via Homebrew Node..."
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD "$NPM_PATH" install -g skills gh-axi chrome-devtools-axi gnhf
+    else
+      echo "Warning: Homebrew npm not found at $NPM_PATH yet. Skipping."
+    fi
+
+    if [ -x "$NPX_PATH" ]; then
+      export PATH="$BREW_BIN:$PATH"
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD "$NPX_PATH" skills add kunchenguid/lavish-axi --skill lavish
+
+      # report installed skills
+      "$NPX_PATH" skills list -g
+    else
+      echo "Warning: Homebrew npx not found at $NPX_PATH yet. Skipping."
+    fi
+
+    # also install the no-mistakes binary
+    $DRY_RUN_CMD go install github.com/kunchenguid/no-mistakes/cmd/no-mistakes@latest
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/home/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/navigation.lua b/home/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/navigation.lua
index df163f35..67177d85 100644
--- a/home/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/navigation.lua
+++ b/home/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/navigation.lua
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ return {
   },
 }
 
+-- Explaination: https://youtu.be/5N-okeDdIuI?t=1475
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diff --git a/home/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua b/home/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
index 24041e72..42153107 100644
--- a/home/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
+++ b/home/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
@@ -44,4 +44,55 @@ wezterm.on("window-focus-changed", function(window)
 	window:set_config_overrides(overrides)
 end)
 
+-- Function to get memory usage based on OS
+local function get_memory_usage()
+  local cmd = ""
+  
+  if wezterm.target_triple:find("apple") then
+    -- macOS command
+    cmd = [[
+    vm_stat | awk '
+    /Pages free/ {free=$3}
+    /Pages active/ {a=$3}
+    /Pages inactive/ {i=$3}
+    /Pages speculative/ {s=$3}
+    /Pages wired down/ {w=$3}
+    END {
+      used=a+i+s+w;
+      total=used+free;
+      if (total==0) { print "N/A"; exit 1 }
+      printf "%.1f%%", (used/total)*100
+    }'
+  ]]
+  elseif wezterm.target_triple:find("windows") then
+    -- Windows PowerShell command
+    cmd = "powershell -NoProfile -Command \"(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).FreePhysicalMemory\""
+  else
+    -- Linux command
+    cmd = "free -h | awk '/^Mem:/ {print $3 \"/\" $2}'"
+  end
+
+  local success, stdout, stderr = wezterm.run_child_process({ "sh", "-c", cmd })
+  
+  -- Fallback for Windows if sh isn't available natively
+  if not success and wezterm.target_triple:find("windows") then
+    success, stdout, stderr = wezterm.run_child_process({ "powershell.exe", "-NoProfile", "-Command", cmd })
+  end
+
+  if success then
+    return stdout:gsub("%s+", "") -- Clean up whitespace/newlines
+  end
+  return "Mem: Unknown"
+end
+
+wezterm.on('update-status', function(window, pane)
+  local mem = get_memory_usage()
+  
+  window:set_right_status(wezterm.format({
+    { Background = { Color = '#1e1e2e' } },
+    { Foreground = { Color = '#fab387' } },
+    { Text = ' Mem: ' .. mem .. ' ' },
+  }))
+end)
+
 return config
diff --git a/home/.pi/agent/models.json b/home/.pi/agent/models.json
index c4ee7894..76000bf6 100644
--- a/home/.pi/agent/models.json
+++ b/home/.pi/agent/models.json
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
           "contextWindow": 272000
         }
       }
+    },
+    "lmstuido": {
+      "baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1",
+      "api": "openai-completions",
+      "apiKey": "lmstudio",
+      "models": [
+        { "id": "qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b" },
+        { "id": "qwen/qwen3.6-27b" }
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/home/.vscode/settings.json b/home/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acca434c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+    "go.toolsManagement.autoUpdate": true,
+    "go.testTags": "",
+    "go.testOnSave": true,
+    "go.testFlags": ["-v"],
+    "go.formatTool": "goimports",
+    "go.lintTool": "golint",
+    "go.lintFlags": [],
+    "go.useLanguageServer": true,
+    "go.languageServerFlags": ["-rpc.trace"],
+    "[go]": {
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+            "source.organizeImports":"explicit",
+            "source.fixAll":"explicit"
+        }
+    },
+    "editor.rulers": [80, 120],
+    "workbench.settings.applyToAllProfiles": [],
+    "claudeCode.preferredLocation": "panel",
+    "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
+    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 80,
+    "[html]": {
+        "editor.wordWrapColumn": 80
+    },
+    "settingsSync.ignoredSettings": [
+        
+    ],
+    "[c]": {}
+}
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diff --git a/vscode.nix b/vscode.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a23d04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# VSCode plus its extensions, installed from nixpkgs like every other package.
+# Kept in its own file so editor/extension changes are easy to find and edit.
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  home.packages = [
+    (pkgs.vscode-with-extensions.override {
+      vscodeExtensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [
+        golang.go                 # Go language support
+        rust-lang.rust-analyzer   # Rust language server
+        ms-python.vscode-pylance  # Python language server (unfree)
+        saoudrizwan.claude-dev    # Cline for local agents
+        shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced
+        jnoortheen.nix-ide        # nix language server
+      ];
+    })
+  ];
+}