best practices: get rid of with pkgs;

gnome.nix

@@ -16,43 +16,52 @@
       };
     };
   };
-  environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
-    # gnome-shell-extensions
-    # totem
-    baobab
-    cheese
-    epiphany
-    gnome-characters
-    gnome-connections
-    gnome-font-viewer
-    gnome-music
-    gnome-photos
-    gnome-text-editor
-    gnome-tour
-    yelp
-  ];
+  environment.gnome.excludePackages = builtins.attrValues {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      # gnome-shell-extensions
+      # totem
+      baobab
+      cheese
+      epiphany
+      gnome-characters
+      gnome-connections
+      gnome-font-viewer
+      gnome-music
+      gnome-photos
+      gnome-text-editor
+      gnome-tour
+      yelp
+      ;
+  };
   qt = {
     enable = true;
     style = "adwaita";
   };
   users.users.jawz.packages =
-    (with pkgs; [
-      # ffmpegthumbnailer # generate thumbnails
-      adw-gtk3 # theme legacy applications
-      gnome-tweaks # tweaks for the gnome desktop environment
-      papirus-icon-theme # icon theme
-      libgda # for pano shell extension
-      # gradience # theme customizer, allows you to modify adw-gtk3 themes
-    ])
-    ++ (with pkgs.gnomeExtensions; [
-      appindicator # applets for open applications
-      reading-strip # like putting a finger on every line I read
-      tactile # window manager
-      pano # clipboard manager
-      freon # hardware temperature monitor
-      gamemode-indicator-in-system-settings # I guess I'm a gamer now?
-      # blur-my-shell # make the overview more visually appealing
-      burn-my-windows
-      # forge # window manager
-    ]);
+    let
+      packages = builtins.attrValues {
+        inherit (pkgs)
+          adw-gtk3 # theme legacy applications
+          gnome-tweaks # tweaks for the gnome desktop environment
+          papirus-icon-theme # icon theme
+          libgda # for pano shell extension
+          # ffmpegthumbnailer # generate thumbnails
+          # gradience # theme customizer, allows you to modify adw-gtk3 themes
+          ;
+      };
+      extensions = builtins.attrValues {
+        inherit (pkgs.gnomeExtensions)
+          appindicator # applets for open applications
+          reading-strip # like putting a finger on every line I read
+          tactile # window manager
+          pano # clipboard manager
+          freon # hardware temperature monitor
+          gamemode-indicator-in-system-settings # I guess I'm a gamer now?
+          burn-my-windows
+          # blur-my-shell # make the overview more visually appealing
+          # forge # window manager
+          ;
+      };
+    in
+    packages ++ extensions;
 }