{
  description = "what does the cow say";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
    let
      supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
      forEachSystem = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;
      nixpkgsFor = forEachSystem (system: import nixpkgs { inherit system; });

    in {

      devShells = forEachSystem (system:
        let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}; in {
          default = pkgs.mkShell {
              packages = [ pkgs.cowsay ];
          };
      });

      packages = forEachSystem (system:
        let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}; in {
          default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
            name = "cow-hello.sh";
            src = ./.;
            unpackPhase = "true";
            buildPhase = ":";
            installPhase =
              ''
                mkdir -p $out/bin
                cp $src/cow-hello.sh $out/bin
                chmod +x $out/bin/cow-hello.sh

                # modify the cow-hello.sh script so it can find cowsay
                COWSAY=$(type -p cowsay)
                sed "s_cowsay_"$COWSAY"_" --in-place $out/bin/cow-hello.sh
              '';
            buildInputs = [ pkgs.cowsay ];
          }; # mkDerivation
      }); # packages

  }; # outputs
}