I tried going all in on dendritic, but I think I'm gonna go for a lighter approach

modules/nix/lib.nix

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+{
+  inputs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  # Helper functions for creating system & home-manager configurations
+
+  options.flake.lib = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.unspecified;
+    default = { };
+  };
+
+  config.flake.lib = {
+    mkNixos = system: name: {
+      ${name} = inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        modules = [
+          inputs.self.modules.nixos.${name}
+          { nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault system; }
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+
+    mkHomeManager = system: name: {
+      ${name} = inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+        pkgs = inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        modules = [
+          inputs.self.modules.homeManager.${name}
+          { nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; }
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}