diff --git a/profiles/auto-upgrade.nix b/profiles/auto-upgrade.nix
index 375a25d..dd5420b 100644
--- a/profiles/auto-upgrade.nix
+++ b/profiles/auto-upgrade.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in
         # inputs.*.sourceInfo sans outPath, since writeJSON will otherwise serialize sourceInfo like derivation
         lib.filterAttrs (key: val: !builtins.elem key ["outPath"]) (input.sourceInfo or {})
           // { store-path = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext input.outPath; } # use this line instead if you want to retain a store reference to the flake inputs, but don't make it a part of the closure
-          ##// { store-path = input.outPath; } # use this line instead if you want to retain a store reference to the flake inputs
+          # // { store-path = input.outPath; } # use this line instead if you want to retain a store reference to the flake inputs
       )
     );
 
diff --git a/profiles/base/default.nix b/profiles/base/default.nix
index 444cfe2..d242770 100644
--- a/profiles/base/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/base/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
   # TODO: selectively whitelist
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  # nixpkgs.config.allowAliases = false;
+  # nixpkgs.config.warnAliases = true;
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: true;
   nixpkgs.config.nonfreeLicensing = true; # used by ffmpeg
 
diff --git a/profiles/known-hosts/hosts.toml b/profiles/known-hosts/hosts.toml
index 3672f87..7953aad 100644
--- a/profiles/known-hosts/hosts.toml
+++ b/profiles/known-hosts/hosts.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ aliases = [ "bolle.tail9aac63.ts.net" ]
 buildMachine.systems = ["x86_64-linux", "i686-linux", "riscv64-linux"]
 buildMachine.maxJobs = 3 # 12 threads 32GB
 buildMachine.speedFactor = 4 # ???
-buildMachine.supportedFeatures = ["kvm", "nixos-test", "ccache" ]
+buildMachine.supportedFeatures = ["kvm", "nixos-test" ] #, "ccache" ] # no ccache because we have yet to setup distributed ccache
+buildMachine.protocol = "ssh-ng"
 ssh.listenPublicKey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILeOB/57N1fQPVorIUlkkJZaQduBo+4+km2Qbj4ebd/k"
 ssh.proxyJump = "login.pvv.ntnu.no"
 # wakeonlan e4:54:e8:51:8c:e9
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ aliases = [ "garp.tail9aac63.ts.net" ]
 buildMachine.systems = ["x86_64-linux", "i686-linux", "riscv64-linux"]
 buildMachine.maxJobs = 2 # 8 threads 32GB
 buildMachine.speedFactor = 4 # i7-6700
-buildMachine.supportedFeatures = ["kvm", "nixos-test", "cuda", "ccache" ]
+buildMachine.supportedFeatures = ["kvm", "nixos-test", "cuda" ] #, "ccache" ] # no ccache because we have yet to setup distributed ccache
 ssh.listenPublicKey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOkcZ3cUAKk8uUvZPsX7PDBInkb3Eps3Xh+xVrhPY+sx"
 ssh.proxyJump = "login.pvv.ntnu.no"
 # wakeonlan 4c:cc:6a:61:d0:20
diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/zed/remote.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/zed/remote.nix
index 1f8c782..d100f6f 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/zed/remote.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/zed/remote.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     typos-lsp # typos
     tinymist # typst
     zls # zig
+    typos # spell checker
 
     # I prefer these in shell.nix / virtual environments
     # python3Packages.python-lsp-server # pylsp
diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/nix.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/nix.nix
index b9f8cce..31fc17f 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/nix.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/nix.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in
       /* unstable.nixtract */
       unstable.nixfmt-rfc-style
       nurl
-      manix
+      # manix
       #comma # collides with nix-index-database
       devenv
       nix-fast-build
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ in
   ];
 
   home.shellAliases = {
-
-    manix-fzf = ''manix "" 2>/dev/null | grep '^# ' | sed 's/^# \(.*\) (.*/\1/;s/ (.*//;s/^# //' | fzf --preview="manix '{}'" | xargs manix'';
+    # manix-fzf = ''manix "" 2>/dev/null | grep '^# ' | sed 's/^# \(.*\) (.*/\1/;s/ (.*//;s/^# //' | fzf --preview="manix '{}'" | xargs manix'';
 
     denix = "sed -E 's@/nix/store/[^ /]+@@g'";
     denix-ellipsis = "sed -E 's@/nix/store/[^ /-]+-?@/nix/store/...@g'";
 
+    # nix-eval = "nix eval --impure --expr";
+    # nix-eval-nixpkgs = mkArgsAlias ''nix eval --impure --expr "with import (builtins.getFlake "nixpkgs") {}; $1" "''${@:2}"'';
+
     nom-instantiate = "nix-instantiate";
 
     inom  = mkArgsAlias ''nom "$@" --system i686-linux -j0'';
@@ -75,9 +77,6 @@ in
     dnix-build  = "nix-build --system x86_64-darwin -j0";
     danom-build = "nom-build --system aarch64-darwin -j0";
     danix-build = "nix-build --system aarch64-darwin -j0";
-
-    nix-eval = "nix eval --impure --expr";
-    nix-eval-nixpkgs = mkArgsAlias ''nix eval --impure --expr "with import (builtins.getFlake "nixpkgs") {}; $1" "''${@:2}"'';
   };
 
   programs.bash.initExtra = ''