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+
+# Our prefix
+export CUSTOM_PREFIX=$HOME/dev/metal
+
+# Start with fresh variables
+unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+function trim_space {
+    sed -i  's/[[:space:]]*$//' "$@"
+}
+prepend() { [ -d "$2" ] && eval $1=\"$2\$\{$1:+':'\$$1\}\" && export $1 ; }
+
+
+# CPU core count (portable)
+_nproc() {
+  if command -v nproc >/dev/null 2>&1; then nproc
+  elif getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN >/dev/null 2>&1; then getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN
+  else echo 1; fi
+}
+
+export PATH=$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
+function addprefix()
+{
+    prepend PATH "$1/bin"
+    prepend LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$1/lib"
+    prepend LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$1/lib64"
+    prepend LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$1/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
+    prepend PKG_CONFIG_PATH "$1/lib64/pkgconfig"
+    prepend PKG_CONFIG_PATH "$1/lib/pkgconfig"
+    prepend PKG_CONFIG_PATH "$1/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig"
+    prepend CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$1"
+    prepend CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$1/lib/cmake"
+    prepend CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$1/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake"
+    prepend CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "$1/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake"
+    prepend PYTHONPATH "$1/lib/python3.13"
+}
+
+addprefix $CUSTOM_PREFIX
+export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS=1
+export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1
+
+# npm local (“global”) installs under CUSTOM_PREFIX
+export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX="$CUSTOM_PREFIX"
+export NODE_PATH="$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib/node_modules"
+
+# Load a common venv
+source $CUSTOM_PREFIX/pyenv/bin/activate
+export PS1="(metal) $PS1"
+  
+# required for devfunctions
+export BUILD_PREFIX=$CUSTOM_PREFIX/build
+export SRC_PREFIX=$CUSTOM_PREFIX/src
+
+source ~/scripts/devfunctions.sh
+
+export MODELS=/mnt/data/models
+export PG_DSN='postgresql://kompanion/kompanion?host=/var/run/postgresql'
+export OLLAMA_MODELS="/mnt/bulk/models/ollama"
+export OLLAMA_BASE_URL=127.0.0.1:11434
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib/plugins:$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib64/plugins:$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/plugins:$QTDIR/plugins:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
+export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib/qml:$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib64/qml:$CUSTOM_PREFIX/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qml:$QTDIR/qml
+export QML_IMPORT_PATH=$QML2_IMPORT_PATH
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
+export CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
+export QT_MESSAGE_PATTERN=%{time h:mm:ss.zzz}%{if-category} %{category}:%{endif} %{if-debug}%{function}%{endif}%{if-warning}%{backtrace depth=5}%{endif}%{if-critical}%{backtrace depth=3}%{endif}%{if-fatal}%{backtrace depth=3}%{endif} %{message}