diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c25628..f366993 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+.direnv
 .private/
 .venv/
 .terraform
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 5149c5d..f6b64d4 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
-
+# Shell for bootstrapping flake-enabled nix and home-manager
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
 pkgs.mkShell {
-  packages = [
-    pkgs.k9s
-    pkgs.kubectl
-    pkgs.kubevirt
+  # Enable experimental features without having to specify the argument
+  NIX_CONFIG = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    go-task
+    sops
+    pre-commit
+    gitleaks
+    k9s
+    kubectl
   ];
 }