diff --git a/home-manager/machines/wsl/home.nix b/home-manager/machines/wsl/home.nix
index c0e943e..382796d 100644
--- a/home-manager/machines/wsl/home.nix
+++ b/home-manager/machines/wsl/home.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
               ../../modules/programs/neovim.nix
               (import ../../modules/programs/git.nix { })
               ../../modules/programs/core.nix
+              ../../modules/programs/devel.nix
             ];
             home.username = "nathan";
             home.homeDirectory = "/home/nathan/";
diff --git a/home-manager/modules/programs/devel.nix b/home-manager/modules/programs/devel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6019d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/modules/programs/devel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+
+{
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    # Git addons
+    git-secret
+    delta
+    # nix utilities
+    comma
+    nix-du
+    sops
+    hut
+  ];
+  programs = {
+    direnv.enable = true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home-manager/modules/programs/git.nix b/home-manager/modules/programs/git.nix
index 1dace2b..2874d85 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/programs/git.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/programs/git.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ }:
+{
+  gitUserName ? "Nathan McCarty",
+  gitUserEmail ? "thatonelutenist@stranger.systems",
+}:
 {
   config,
   lib,
@@ -10,8 +13,8 @@
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.gitAndTools.gitFull;
-    userName = lib.mkDefault "Nathan McCarty";
-    userEmail = lib.mkDefault "thatonelutenist@stranger.systems";
+    userName = lib.mkDefault gitUserName;
+    userEmail = lib.mkDefault gitUserEmail;
     ignores = [
       "**/*~"
       "*~"
diff --git a/home-manager/modules/programs/ssh.nix b/home-manager/modules/programs/ssh.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3a2f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/modules/programs/ssh.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+
+{
+  programs.ssh = {
+    # SSH configuration
+    enable = true;
+    # extra config to set the ciphers
+    extraConfig = ''
+      Ciphers aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
+    '';
+    # Enable compression
+    compression = true;
+    # enable session reuse
+    controlMaster = "auto";
+    controlPersist = "10m";
+    # Configure known hosts
+    matchBlocks =
+      {
+      };
+  };
+}