diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5ccb11d..d6c5150 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -242,9 +242,15 @@
                 };
               };
 
-            # TODO rewrite this so it follows the same wrapper pattern as mkHome
-            # This function produces a nixosSystem which imports configuration.nix and
-            # a Home Manager home.nix for the given user from ./hosts/${hostname}/
+            # TODO rewrite this so it follows the same wrapper pattern as
+            # mkHome This function produces a nixosSystem which imports
+            # configuration.nix and a Home Manager home.nix for the given user
+            # from ./hosts/${hostname}/
+            # 
+            # nevermind i am migrating everything to flake-parts, i'm glad i
+            # never got around to this. i think the module system takes care of
+            # whatever the fuck godforsaken use-case i had for rewriting this
+            # (more ergonomic and/or default arguments or something).
             mkSystemN = let
               _username = username;
               _overlays = overlays;
diff --git a/flake/TODO.md b/flake/TODO.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cb19b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake/TODO.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# flake-parts TODO
+
+- Move logic for generating system/home configs to module (most important,
+  reason i wanted to use flake-parts)
+	- Move common default args from the awful wrapper function to dedicated options:
+		- default module imports
+		- "common" module
+			- currently defines stateVersion, nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree, a few others
+		- make default module path configurable, but still default to
+		  `./hosts/${hostname}/configuration.nix`
+		- make "entrypoint" (`./system`, `./home/standalone.nix`, etc) configurable
+		- make nixfiles home manager initialization a configurable option
+		- specialArgs (i want to deprecate this but one thing at a time)
+		- define system "types" and generate all of them internally using lazy
+		  eval. export a specific one to the flake outputs.
+			- generate as something like `nixfiles.hosts.<name>.outputs`
+			- `flake.nixosConfigurations.<name>` is set from `nixfiles.hosts.<name>.output`
+			- default chosen by option like `nixfiles.hosts.<name>.type`
+			- types:
+				- normal
+				- WSL
+				- ISO image
+	- define deploy-rs outputs in same section as hosts
+	- make common, central interface for configuring overlays to be consumed by
+	  various parts of flake, move hard-coded overlays out of common module
+		- literally just a list, maybe process it using lib.composeManyExtensions
+- some top-level config is okay (e.g., defining hosts using nixfiles options).
+  hide away all of the internal logic into imported modules.
+- move random functions into nixfiles lib
+- move top-level universal configs (username, mobileTimeZone) into option
+  (honestly, this alone makes flake-parts worth it)
diff --git a/system/default.nix b/system/default.nix
index c36974c..b5abfb5 100644
--- a/system/default.nix
+++ b/system/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 { pkgs, config, lib, options, nixpkgs, home-manager, inputs, utils, ... }@args:
+# ^ all these args are yucky and non-portable, replace them with a module
+# called from the scope of the flake that brings relevant
+# inputs/outputs/overlays/etc into scope. this might even make nixfiles
+# portable (it still shouldn't be imported by other flakes probably)
 let
   cfg = config.nixfiles;
   flakeType = cfg.lib.types.flake;