All this just to get nyx to even build

modules/flake/args.nix

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+{inputs, ...}: {
+  systems = import inputs.systems;
+
+  perSystem = {system, ...}: {
+    # this is what controls how packages in the flake are built, but this is not passed to the
+    # builders in lib which is important to note, since we have to do something different for
+    # the builders to work correctly
+    _module.args.pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
+      inherit system;
+      config = {
+        allowUnfree = true;
+        allowUnsupportedSystem = true;
+      };
+      # overlays = [ inputs.nix-topology.overlays.default ];
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/flake/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ../../systems
+
+    ./args.nix
+  ];
+}