Remove Nix & Replace with Homebrew & Mise

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ jobs:
       XDG_CONFIG_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: rm ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile
+      # not brew packages as it's annoying to do the $PATH changes after install....
+      - run: make setup-ubuntu -o brew-pkgs
   macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     env:
       XDG_CONFIG_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}
       NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN: 1
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: rm ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile
+      # not brew packages as it's annoying to do the $PATH changes after install....
+      - run: make setup-macos -o brew-pkgs

Makefile

@@ -1,51 +1,46 @@
 default:
 	@echo "hello ^^"
 
-.PHONY: setup-macos setup-ubuntu setup-wsl setup-common setup-stow
+.PHONY: setup-common setup-macos setup-ubuntu setup-wsl
 
 setup-common:
 	bash ./tmux/setup.sh
 	bash ./zsh/setup.sh
 	bash ./fzf/setup.sh
+	bash ./scripts/setup-extras.sh
 
 setup-macos: export OS=macos
-setup-macos: brew-pkgs nix-pkgs dotfiles setup-common
+setup-macos: brew-pkgs dotfiles setup-common setup-python
 	bash ./macos/setup.sh
 
 setup-ubuntu: export OS=ubuntu
-setup-ubuntu: dotfiles nix-pkgs dotfiles setup-common
+setup-ubuntu: brew-pkgs dotfiles setup-common
 	bash ./ubuntu/setup.sh
 
 setup-wsl: export OS=wsl
-setup-wsl: dotfiles nix-pkgs dotfiles setup-common
+setup-wsl: dotfiles setup-common
 
+.PHONY: setup-stow dotfiles
+
+STOW_ARGS=-vv
 setup-stow:
 	bash ./stow/setup.sh
 
-.PHONY: dotfiles test
-
-STOW_ARGS=-vv
 dotfiles: setup-stow
-	stow "$(STOW_ARGS)" -d dotfiles -t "$(HOME)"$(OS)
+	stow "$(STOW_ARGS)" -d dotfiles -t "$(HOME)" "$(OS)"
 	stow "$(STOW_ARGS)" dotfiles
 	stow "$(STOW_ARGS)" yabai
 	ln -sf ~/dotfiles/fish ~/.config/fish\
 
-test: nix-pkgs
-	. ./nix/load-"$(OS)".sh && bash ./tests/*.sh
-
-.PHONY: setup-uv python js
+.PHONY: setup-uv python
 
 setup-uv:
 	bash ./python/setup-uv.sh
 
-python: setup-uv
+setup-python: setup-uv
 	cd ~ && ~/.local/bin/uv venv --python 3.11.9
 	~/.local/bin/uv pip install -r ./python/pyproject.toml
 
-js:
-	npm install -g remark-cli remark-lint remark-preset-lint-consistent remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide remark-preset-lint-recommended remark-stringify jsonlint jshint sql-language-server @tailwindcss/language-server markserv
-
 .PHONY: clean-nvim setup-vim
 
 clean-nvim:
@@ -60,24 +55,11 @@ setup-vim:
 	git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
 	"vim" +PluginInstall +qall
 
-.PHONY: setup-nix nix-pkgs
-
-setup-nix:
-	curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
-	. ./nix/load-"$(OS)".sh && nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable unstable
-	. ./nix/load-"$(OS)".sh && nix-channel --update
-
-NIX_ARGS=--extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes
-nix-pkgs: setup-nix
-	. ./nix/load-"$(OS)".sh && cd nix && nix flake update "$(NIX_ARGS)" && (nix profile upgrade "$(NIX_ARGS)" nix || nix profile install "$(NIX_ARGS)" .)
-
 .PHONY: setup-brew brew-pkgs
 
 setup-brew:
 	curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh | bash
 	brew update; brew upgrade
 
 brew-pkgs: setup-brew
-	brew install hadolint vale actionlint mactex pandoc fzf keychain wordnet entr
-	brew install koekeishiya/formulae/yabai
-	brew install koekeishiya/formulae/skhd
+	brew bundle --file ~/dotfiles/brew/Brewfile --no-upgrade

README.md

@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 
 Setup and configuration for my terminal based developer workflow (MacOS/Ubuntu):
 
-- Zsh for a shell
-- Nix for package management of shell programs
-- uv for Python
-- Neovim for text editing
-- Stow for dotfiles management
+- **Zsh** for a shell
+- **Homebrew** for shell tools
+- **mise** for programming language runtimes (except Python)
+- **uv** for Python runtime and virtual environments
+- **Neovim** for text editing
+- **Stow** for dotfiles symlinking
 
-This repo should be cloned into `$HOME` and set as `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`.
+This repo should be cloned into `$HOME` and set as `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. Many tools rely on setting this for the config stored in this repo to work.  For other config that requires files in `$HOME` (such as `$HOME/.bashrc`) Stow is used to symlimk files.
 
 You can setup your machine using commands in `Makefile`.  Commonly setting up a machine involves:
 
-- Installing packages with Nix or Homebrew
+- Installing packages with Homebrew
 - Setting up symlinks with Stow
 - Setting up tmux & Zsh
+- Installing language runtimes with mise
 
 ## Use
 
@@ -30,20 +32,24 @@ This will also setup dependencies with Nix.
 
 ### macOS
 
-Setup an macOS machine:
+Setup a macOS machine:
 
 ```shell-session
 $ make setup-macos
 ```
 
-This will also setup dependencies with Nix.
+This will:
+- Install Homebrew if not already installed
+- Install all packages from the Brewfile
+- Setup dotfiles with Stow
+- Configure tmux, Zsh, and fzf
 
 ### Python
 
 Install `uv` and setup a global Python installation in a virtual environment:
 
 ```bash
-$ make python
+$ make setup-python
 ```
 
 ## Components
@@ -70,21 +76,21 @@ You can run the setup without bootstrapping Stow with:
 $ make dotfiles OS=macos -o setup-stow
 ```
 
-### Nix
+### Homebrew
 
-Install packages with Nix from a Nix Flake - I use Nix for things like direnv and Neovim:
+Install packages with Homebrew from the Brewfile:
 
 ```shell-session
-$ make nix-pkgs
+$ make brew-pkgs
 ```
 
-This will setup dependencies with Nix from `./nix/flake.nix`.
+This will:
+- Install Homebrew if not already installed
+- Install all packages defined in `./brew/Brewfile`
 
-It will also install Nix itself. Nix doesn't like to be installed multiple times - you can avoid this step with:
+### mise
 
-```shell-session
-$ make nix-pkgs -o setup-nix
-```
+mise is used for managing programming language runtime versions (Python, Node.js, Go, etc.). It's automatically installed via the Brewfile and activated in Zsh via an `eval`.
 
 ### Neovim
 

brew/Brewfile

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+tap "hudochenkov/sshpass"
+tap "koekeishiya/formulae"
+tap "nikitabobko/tap"
+
+# Core tools
+brew "bash"
+brew "git"
+brew "neovim"
+brew "tmux"
+brew "zsh"
+
+# GNU utils
+brew "coreutils"
+brew "findutils"
+brew "grep"
+brew "gnu-sed"
+brew "make"
+
+# Shell & terminal
+brew "bat"
+brew "direnv"
+brew "mise"
+brew "fd"
+brew "fzf"
+brew "htop"
+brew "jq"
+brew "lsd"
+brew "ripgrep"
+brew "starship"
+brew "tig"
+brew "tree"
+brew "wget"
+brew "zoxide"
+
+# Language servers & linters
+brew "actionlint"
+brew "codespell"
+brew "efm-langserver"
+brew "golangci-lint"
+brew "gopls"
+brew "hadolint"
+brew "jsonlint"
+brew "ltex-ls"
+brew "lua-language-server"
+brew "marksman"
+brew "shellcheck"
+brew "shellharden"
+brew "sql-language-server"
+brew "stylua"
+brew "tailwindcss-language-server"
+brew "vale"
+brew "yamllint"
+
+# Dev tools
+brew "cmake"
+# brew "deno"
+brew "difftastic"
+brew "entr"
+brew "gh"
+brew "just"
+brew "lazydocker"
+brew "lazygit"
+brew "llvm"
+brew "stow"
+
+# Build deps & libs
+brew "bzip2"
+brew "cairo"
+brew "gtk4"
+brew "libffi"
+brew "open-mpi"
+brew "openjdk@17"
+brew "pango"
+brew "pkgconf"
+brew "swig"
+brew "xz"
+brew "zlib"
+
+# Apps & utilities
+brew "cbonsai"
+brew "csvlens"
+brew "duckdb"
+brew "ffmpeg"
+brew "fish"
+brew "flyctl"
+brew "glow"
+brew "go-task"
+brew "httpie"
+brew "hugo"
+brew "imagemagick"
+brew "keychain"
+brew "pandoc"
+brew "syncthing", restart_service: :changed
+brew "weasyprint"
+brew "wordnet"
+# brew "yarn"
+
+# Taps
+brew "hudochenkov/sshpass/sshpass"
+brew "koekeishiya/formulae/skhd"
+brew "koekeishiya/formulae/yabai"
+
+# Casks
+cask "amethyst"
+cask "claude-code"
+cask "darktable"
+cask "dockdoor"
+cask "font-fira-code-nerd-font"
+cask "font-hack-nerd-font"
+cask "mactex"
+
+brew "markdownlint-cli"
+cask "copilot-cli"

dotfiles/.gitignore

@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ pre
 temp
 temp.*
 temp
+**/.mypy_cache

dotfiles/common/.zshenv

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 bash $HOME/dotfiles/scripts/trace.sh "$0"
-if [ -e '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ]; then
-  . '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh'
-fi
+# if [ -e '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ]; then
+#   . '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh'
+# fi
+# Moved mise activation to .zshrc for interactive shells only (performance optimization)
 export EDITOR=$(which nvim)
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/dotfiles
 if command -v launchctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then

dotfiles/common/.zshrc

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ atuin_init() {
 
 fpath=($HOME/dotfiles/zsh/custom-autocomplete/ $fpath)
 autoload -U compinit
-compinit
+# Use cached completion dump for faster loading (skip security check)
+compinit -C
 autoload -Uz $HOME/dotfiles/zsh/custom-autocomplete/todo
 
 export HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
@@ -70,17 +71,41 @@ source ~/dotfiles/macos/pyenv-flags
 export IPYTHONDIR="$HOME/dotfiles/.ipython"
 
 # need a fancy npm setup when npm manages nix - requires a .npmrc with a prefix
-export PATH=~/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH
-export NODE_PATH=~/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules
-export PATH="/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:$HOME/.nix-profile/bin:$PATH"
+# export PATH=~/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH
+# export NODE_PATH=~/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules
+# export PATH="/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:$HOME/.nix-profile/bin:$PATH"
 
 pyenv_init
 starship_init
 flyctl_init
 
-eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
+# Lazy-load mise for faster startup (only initialize on first use)
+mise() {
+  unfunction mise
+  eval "$(command mise activate zsh)"
+  mise "$@"
+}
+
+# Lazy-load zoxide (only initialize on first use of z/zi commands)
+z() {
+  unfunction z zi 2>/dev/null
+  eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
+  z "$@"
+}
+zi() {
+  unfunction z zi 2>/dev/null
+  eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
+  zi "$@"
+}
+
 eval "$(ssh-agent)"  &>/dev/null &>/dev/null
-eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"
+
+# Lazy-load direnv (only initialize on first cd)
+direnv() {
+  unfunction direnv
+  eval "$(command direnv hook zsh)"
+  direnv "$@"
+}
 
 # done twice for a reason
 pretzo_init

dotfiles/common/setup-path.sh

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ export PATH="$HOME/dotfiles/scripts:$PATH"
 export PATH="$HOME/personal/area/scripts:$PATH"
 export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="$HOME/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"
 export GOPATH="$HOME/go"