simpler definitions of packages

shell.nix

@@ -1,57 +1,60 @@
 { pkgs ? import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/9462344318b376e157c94fa60c20a25b913b2381.tar.gz") { } }:
 
 pkgs.mkShell {
-  buildInputs = [
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-    pkgs.which
+    which
-    pkgs.curl
+    curl
-    pkgs.htop
+    htop
-    pkgs.zlib
+    zlib
-    pkgs.git
+    git
-    pkgs.gh
+    gh
-    pkgs.curl
+    curl
-    pkgs.python39
+    python39
-    pkgs.podman
+    podman
-    pkgs.tmux
+    tmux
-    pkgs.go
+    go
-    pkgs.clang
+    clang
-    pkgs.postgresql
+    postgresql
-    pkgs.neovim
+    neovim
-    pkgs.ripgrep
+    ripgrep
-    pkgs.packer
+    packer
-    pkgs.nodejs
+    nodejs
-    pkgs.cmake
+    cmake
-    pkgs.rustc
+    rustc
-    pkgs.cargo
+    cargo
-    pkgs.rustup
+    rustup
-    pkgs.tldr
+    tldr
-    pkgs.meson
+    meson
-    pkgs.protobuf3_20
+    protobuf3_20
-    pkgs.protoc-gen-go
+    protoc-gen-go
-    pkgs.protoc-gen-go-grpc
+    protoc-gen-go-grpc
-    pkgs.sqlc
+    sqlc
-    pkgs.go-task
+    go-task
-    pkgs.grpcurl
+    grpcurl
 
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gstreamer
+    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     (pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good.override {
       # can only have one of these
       qt6Support = true;
       #qt5Support = true;
     })
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-libav
+    gst_all_1.gst-libav
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-vaapi
+    gst_all_1.gst-vaapi
 
-    pkgs.qt6.full
+    qt6.full
-    pkgs.mesa
+    mesa
-    pkgs.libGL
+    libGL
-    pkgs.gst_all_1.gstreamermm
+    gst_all_1.gstreamermm
-    pkgs.libxkbcommon # for qt
+    libxkbcommon # for qt
 
+    fzf
+  ];
 
-    pkgs.fzf
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    pkg-config
   ];
 
   shellHook = ''