diff --git a/hosts/common/system/shells/python/default.nix b/hosts/common/system/shells/python/default.nix
index d5061bb..0a2e362 100644
--- a/hosts/common/system/shells/python/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/system/shells/python/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 pkgs.mkShell {
-  packages = with pkgs; [ python3 ];
+  packages = with pkgs; [
+    (python3.withPackages (
+      python-pkgs: with python-pkgs; [
+        pip
+        numpy
+        pandas
+        python-dotenv
+        requests
+      ]
+    ))
+  ];
 
   shellHook = ''
     exec $SHELL
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-direnv/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-direnv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..391c194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-direnv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  user ? throw "user argument is required",
+  home ? throw "home argument is required",
+}:
+{ inputs, ... }:
+{
+  home-manager.users.${user} = {
+    programs.direnv = {
+      enable = true;
+      silent = true;
+      nix-direnv.enable = true;
+      enableZshIntegration = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.config/direnv/direnv.toml" = { };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
index bad89f5..16df14c 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ in
       enable = true;
 
       mutableExtensionsDir = false;
-      extensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [ naumovs.color-highlight ];
+
+      extensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [
+        mkhl.direnv
+        mhutchie.git-graph
+        ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
+        ms-vsliveshare.vsliveshare
+        github.copilot
+        naumovs.color-highlight
+      ];
 
       userSettings = {
         "diffEditor.ignoreTrimWhitespace" = false;
@@ -97,6 +105,9 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    imports = [ ./langs/nix.nix ];
+    imports = [
+      ./langs/nix
+      ./langs/python
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b7dfc72..0000000
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  programs.vscode = {
-    userSettings = {
-      "nix.enableLanguageServer" = true;
-      "nix.formatterPath" = "nixpkgs-fmt";
-      "nix.serverSettings" = { };
-    };
-    extensions = with pkgs; with vscode-extensions; [ jnoortheen.nix-ide ];
-  };
-
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    nil
-    nixpkgs-fmt
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa9ea73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/nix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  programs.vscode = {
+    userSettings = {
+      "nix.enableLanguageServer" = true;
+      "nix.serverPath" = lib.meta.getExe pkgs.nil;
+      "nix.serverSettings" = {
+        nil.formatting.command = [
+          (lib.meta.getExe pkgs.nix)
+          "fmt"
+          "--"
+          "--"
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+
+    extensions = with pkgs; with vscode-extensions; [ jnoortheen.nix-ide ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/python/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc5608c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/langs/python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  programs.vscode.extensions =
+    with pkgs;
+    with vscode-extensions;
+    [
+      ms-python.python
+      ms-python.vscode-pylance
+      ms-python.debugpy
+      ms-python.pylint
+      ms-toolsai.jupyter
+      ms-toolsai.jupyter-renderers
+      njpwerner.autodocstring
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix b/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
index 8770254..17a35ad 100644
--- a/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
+++ b/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ in
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/imagemagick { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/ncdu { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/neovim { inherit user home; })
+    (import ../../common/user/configs/console/nix-direnv { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/nixpkgs { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/pipewire { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/ranger { inherit user home; })