diff --git a/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/default.nix b/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/default.nix
index 3eb4fce6..1f9fbfbb 100644
--- a/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/default.nix
+++ b/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ in
           ./note-taking.nix
         ]
         ++ lib.optionals userCfg.setups.development.enable [
+          ./dev.nix
           ./lsp.nix
           ./dap.nix
         ];
diff --git a/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/dev.nix b/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/dev.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f82ea60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/home-manager/foo-dogsquared/modules/programs/nixvim/dev.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# NixVim config for some light software development. This is where language
+# support plugins mainly reside.
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  plugins.treesitter.grammarPackages =
+    with config.plugins.treesitter.package.builtGrammars; [
+      agda
+      arduino
+      astro
+      awk
+      blueprint
+      cairo
+      cmake
+      commonlisp
+      csv
+      cue
+      dart
+      devicetree
+      diff
+      elixir
+      elm
+      erlang
+      fennel
+      fish
+      git_config
+      git_rebase
+      gitattributes
+      gitcommit
+      gitignore
+      gdscript
+      glsl
+      go
+      hcl
+      janet-simple
+      kotlin
+      make
+      nickel
+      perl
+      ruby
+      rust
+      scheme
+      sparql
+      sql
+      supercollider
+      wgsl
+      wgsl_bevy
+      zig
+    ]
+    ++ (with pkgs.tree-sitter-grammars; [
+      tree-sitter-elisp
+      tree-sitter-nu
+    ]);
+
+  extraPlugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
+    vim-nickel
+    vim-nix
+    zig-vim
+  ];
+}