diff --git a/i3/audio.py b/i3/audio.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe93494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3/audio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# script that changes the volume and then shows a notfication with it using dunst
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+
+def get_amixer_volume() -> int:
+    s: str = str(subprocess.check_output(["amixer", "get", "Master"]))
+    try:
+        # turns the front left argument into an int
+        return int(
+            # the thing we're looking for is in the fifth line
+            s.split(r"\n")[5]
+            .strip()
+            # and is the 4th word
+            .split(" ")[4]
+            .replace("[", "")
+            .replace("]", "")
+            .replace("%", "")
+        )
+    except:
+        return -1
+
+
+def display_volume(volume: int):
+    subprocess.call(
+        ["dunstify", "volume 蓼", "-h", "int:value:" + str(volume), "-r", "39489384"]
+    )
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("volchange")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+subprocess.check_output(["amixer", "set", "Master", args.volchange])
+display_volume(get_amixer_volume())
diff --git a/nvim/settings.nix b/nvim/settings.nix
index 4a0c5a2..71c7170 100644
--- a/nvim/settings.nix
+++ b/nvim/settings.nix
@@ -14,12 +14,21 @@ pkgs:
   '';
 
   plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
-    # coc
+    # autocompletion
     coc-nvim
+
+    # rust
     coc-rust-analyzer
-    coc-lua
+
+    # python
+    coc-pyright
+
+    # nix
     vim-nix
 
+    # lua
+    coc-lua
+
     # make brackets nicer
     nvim-autopairs
 
diff --git a/user.nix b/user.nix
index a186e33..67fc85c 100644
--- a/user.nix
+++ b/user.nix
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@
       # music / sound
       cmus
       pavucontrol
-      ## production
-      ### daw
-      lmms
-      ### plugin
-      surge-XT
-      zynaddsubfx
-      fluidsynth
-      carla
 
       # video
       mpv
@@ -64,10 +56,6 @@
       ## python
       python311
       black
-      ## haskell
-      stylish-haskell
-      haskell-language-server
-      ghc
 
       # help
       tldr