diff --git a/oscar/configuration.nix b/oscar/configuration.nix
index 4c0b77b..1d3776f 100644
--- a/oscar/configuration.nix
+++ b/oscar/configuration.nix
@@ -121,11 +121,35 @@
   users.users.chandler.extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "dialout" "cdrom" ];
   home-manager.users.chandler = { pkgs, ... }: {
     home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      # applications
+      blender
+      freecad
+      frescobaldi
+      gimp
+      josm
       kate
-      prismlauncher
+      kicad
       libreoffice-qt
+      prismlauncher
+      qgis
+      thunderbird
 
-    #  thunderbird
+      # command line applications
+      beets
+      iperf
+      units
+
+      # command line utilities
+      dig
+      file
+      killall
+      pv
+      wl-clipboard
+
+      # a few basic compilers
+      clang
+      go
+      rustc
     ];
 
     programs.bash.enable = true;