diff --git a/devshell/.envrc b/devshell/.envrc
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+use flake
diff --git a/devshell/flake.nix b/devshell/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A basic flake from samw";
+  inputs = {
+    utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    devshell.url = "github:numtide/devshell";
+  };
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, utils, devshell }:
+    utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: {
+      devShell = let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+
+          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
+        };
+      in pkgs.devshell.mkShell { packages = with pkgs; [ ]; };
+    });
+}