{
  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {},
  name ? "user-env",
}:
with pkgs;
  buildEnv {
    inherit name;
    extraOutputsToInstall = ["out" "man" "lib"]; # to get all needed symlinks
    paths = [
      # ❯❯❯ nix_related
      #nix # if not on NixOS, this is needed
      direnv
      nixVersions.latest #nixVersions.latest #nixVersions.git
      nix-prefetch-git
      validatePkgConfig
      nix-output-monitor
      nix-tree
      jq #gx
      #nixfmt-rfc-style
      git
      # ❯❯❯ dev
      gnumake
      ps
      # ❯❯❯ d_build_related
      # ❯❯ package manager
      dub
      # ❯❯ compiler
      #dmd
      ldc
      # ❯❯❯ sqlite search related
      sqlite
      # this will create a script that will rebuild and upgrade your setup; using shell script syntax
      (writeScriptBin "nix-rebuild" ''
        #!${stdenv.shell}
        #cd <path-to-flake> || exit 1
        nix flake update
        nix profile upgrade '.*'
      '')
      # puts in your root the nixpkgs version
      (writeTextFile {
        name = "nixpkgs-version";
        destination = "/nixpkgs-version";
        text = lib.version;
      })
    ];
  }