diff --git a/configurations/hp500281.nix b/configurations/hp500281.nix
index fc47702d..dfe6d39e 100644
--- a/configurations/hp500281.nix
+++ b/configurations/hp500281.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ let
   inherit (builtins) readFile;
 in
 {
-  imports = [];
+  imports = [
+    ../profiles/develop
+  ];
 
 
   boot.loader.systemd-boot = {
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ee0cd33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, pkgconfig, rustPlatform }:
+
+with rustPlatform;
+let
+  inherit (builtins)
+    readFile
+    toFile
+    ;
+
+
+  init = toFile "init.sh" "${readFile ./init.sh}";
+in
+buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "purs";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  srcs = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xcambar";
+    repo = "purs";
+    rev = "09ed252625b691841b0043699fd4ab590edabe29";
+    hash = "sha256-QwkbqNROksRo+QmRrgkWuoPzPb2XBwavEtlR9oqAXDQ=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+    pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-vyO2JRRA7FCNVmIeN1xybQXkdgoHbhMGT2AhUJEnp0s=";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/plugins/purs
+
+    substitute ${init} $out/share/zsh/plugins/purs/purs.zsh \
+      --subst-var-by PURS $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Pure-inspired prompt in Rust";
+    homepage = https://github.com/xcambar/purs;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.nrdxp ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    inherit version;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/init.sh b/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d368a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/purs/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function zle-line-init zle-keymap-select {
+  PROMPT=`@PURS@/bin/purs prompt -k "$KEYMAP" -r "$?" --venv "${${VIRTUAL_ENV:t}%-*}"`
+  zle reset-prompt
+}
+zle -N zle-line-init
+zle -N zle-keymap-select
+
+autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
+
+function _prompt_purs_precmd() {
+  @PURS@/bin/purs precmd
+}
+add-zsh-hook precmd _prompt_purs_precmd
diff --git a/profiles/core.nix b/profiles/core.nix
index 74519b75..3fa483e0 100644
--- a/profiles/core.nix
+++ b/profiles/core.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib)
+    fileContents
+    ;
+
+in
 {
 
   imports = [
@@ -45,6 +51,10 @@
         "...." = "cd ../../..";
         "....." = "cd ../../../..";
 
+        # grep
+        grep = "rg";
+        gi = "grep -i";
+
         # internet ip
         myip = "dig +short myip.opendns.com @208.67.222.222 2>&1";
 
@@ -127,8 +137,7 @@
   users = {
     mutableUsers = false;
 
-    users.root.hashedPassword = readFile
-      ../secrets/root;
+    users.root.hashedPassword = fileContents ../secrets/root;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/profiles/develop/default.nix b/profiles/develop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48694f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/develop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./zsh
+  ];
+
+  environment.sessionVariables = {
+    LESS = "-iFJMRWX -z-4 -x4";
+    LESSOPEN = "|${pkgs.lesspipe}/bin/lesspipe.sh %s";
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    bzip2
+    git-crypt
+    htop
+    less
+    gzip
+    file
+    lrzip
+    ncdu
+    p7zip
+    tokei
+    tig
+    unrar
+    unzip
+    wget
+    xz
+  ];
+
+  programs.thefuck.enable = true;
+}
diff --git a/profiles/develop/zsh/cdr-skim.zsh b/profiles/develop/zsh/cdr-skim.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..017bb356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/develop/zsh/cdr-skim.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+while read line; do line=${(Q)line}; [[ -d $line ]] && echo $line; done < /home/nrd/.cache/zsh-cdr/recent-dirs
diff --git a/profiles/develop/zsh/default.nix b/profiles/develop/zsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76d403b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/develop/zsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (builtins)
+    concatStringsSep
+    ;
+
+
+  inherit (lib)
+    fileContents
+    ;
+
+in
+{
+  users.defaultUserShell = pkgs.zsh;
+
+  environment = {
+    sessionVariables = let
+      fd = "${pkgs.fd}/bin/fd -H";
+    in
+    {
+      BAT_PAGER = "less";
+      SKIM_ALT_C_COMMAND =
+        "while read line; do "
+        + "line=\"'\${(Q)line}'\"; [[ -d \"'$line'\" ]] && echo \"'$line'\"; "
+        + "done < $HOME/.cache/zsh-cdr/recent-dirs";
+      SKIM_DEFAULT_COMMAND = fd;
+      SKIM_CTRL_T_COMMAND = fd;
+    };
+
+    shellAliases = {
+      cat = "${pkgs.bat}/bin/bat";
+
+      df = "df -h";
+      du = "du -h";
+
+      ls = "${pkgs.exa}/bin/exa";
+      l = "ls -lh --git";
+      la = "l -a";
+
+      rz = "exec zsh";
+    };
+
+    systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      direnv
+      gitAndTools.hub
+      skim
+      zsh-completions
+    ];
+  };
+
+
+  nixpkgs.overlays = let
+    purs = self: super:
+    { purs = super.callPackage ../../../pkgs/shells/zsh/purs {}; };
+  in
+  [ purs ];
+
+
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    promptInit = ''
+      source ${pkgs.purs}/share/zsh/plugins/purs/purs.zsh
+    '';
+
+    interactiveShellInit = let
+      zshrc = fileContents ./zshrc;
+
+      paths = with pkgs; [
+        "${skim}/share/skim/completion.zsh"
+        "${oh-my-zsh}/share/oh-my-zsh/plugins/sudo/sudo.plugin.zsh"
+        "${oh-my-zsh}/share/oh-my-zsh/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.zsh"
+        "${zsh-syntax-highlighting}/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh"
+        "${zsh-history-substring-search}/share/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh"
+      ];
+
+      source = map
+        (source: "source " + source)
+        paths;
+
+      plugins = concatStringsSep "\n"
+      (
+        [
+          "${pkgs.any-nix-shell}/bin/any-nix-shell zsh --info-right | source /dev/stdin"
+        ] ++
+        source
+      );
+
+
+
+    in
+      ''
+        ${plugins}
+
+        ${zshrc}
+
+        source ${pkgs.skim}/share/skim/key-bindings.zsh
+      '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/profiles/develop/zsh/zshrc b/profiles/develop/zsh/zshrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3687369b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/develop/zsh/zshrc
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+hash -d \
+  nixos=/etc/nixos \
+  dl=~/Downloads \
+  git=~/git
+
+hash -d \
+  github=~git/github.com \
+  gitlab=~git/gitlab.com
+
+# hub setup
+eval $(hub alias -s)
+
+# Zsh options
+setopt extendedglob
+setopt incappendhistory
+setopt sharehistory
+setopt histignoredups
+setopt histreduceblanks
+setopt histignorespace
+setopt histallowclobber
+setopt autocd
+setopt cdablevars
+setopt nomultios
+setopt pushdignoredups
+setopt autocontinue
+setopt promptsubst
+
+# Environment
+HISTSIZE=10000
+SAVEHIST=10000
+HISTFILE=$HOME/.history
+DIRSTACKSIZE=5
+
+# user defined functions
+if [[ -d $HOME/.zfunctions ]]; then
+  typeset -U fpath
+  fpath=($HOME/.zfunctions $fpath)
+
+  for file in $HOME/.zfunctions/*; do
+    autoload -Uz $file
+  done
+fi
+
+# source local config not synced to git repo
+if [[ -f $HOME/.zshlocal ]]; then
+. $HOME/.zshlocal
+fi
+
+# create local zshrc if it does not exist
+[[ -f $HOME/.zshrc ]] \
+  || printf "#" > $HOME/.zshrc
+
+# history substring search keybinds
+bindkey '^[OA' history-substring-search-up
+bindkey '^[OB' history-substring-search-down
+bindkey -M vicmd 'k' history-substring-search-up
+bindkey -M vicmd 'j' history-substring-search-down
+
+zle -N zle-line-init
+
+# if in tmux launch skim in tmux pane
+[[ ${+TMUX} == 1 ]] \
+  && SKIM_TMUX=1
+
+#load compinit
+autoload -Uz compinit
+typeset -i updated_at=$(date +'%j' -r ~/.zcompdump ||
+stat -f '%Sm' -t '%j' ~/.zcompdump)
+if [ $(date +'%j') != $updated_at ]; then
+compinit
+else
+compinit -C
+fi
+
+# Case insens only when no case match; after all completions loaded
+zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list \
+"" 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}' 'r:|[._-]=* r:|=*' 'l:|=* r:|=*'
+
+# Auto rehash for new binaries
+zstyle ':completion:*' rehash true
+
+# Key binds
+bindkey "jj" vi-cmd-mode
+bindkey -v '^?' backward-delete-char
+
+# keep shell state frozen
+ttyctl -f
+
+# colorful man pages
+man () {
+  LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[01;31m' \
+  LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m' \
+  LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m' \
+  LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;44;33m' \
+  LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m' \
+  LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[01;32m' \
+  man "$@"
+}
+
+# pipe rg into less with colors
+rgl () {
+  rg --color=always $@ | less
+}
+
+# mkdir & cd to it
+function mcd() {
+  mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1";
+}
+
+# direnv setup
+eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"