yes there's a bit of java in my nvim config why do you ask?

init.lua

@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
--- shorthands -----------------------------------------------------------------
-o = vim.opt
-a = vim.api
-g = vim.g
-c = vim.cmd
-
--- performance ----------------------------------------------------------------
+-- enable performance stuff
 vim.loader.enable()
 
--- main lua files -------------------------------------------------------------
-misc = require('core.misc')
-misc.include('bootstrap')
-misc.include('conf')
--- core lua files -------------------------------------------------------------
-misc.include('core.conf')
-misc.include('core.context')
-
--- call all snippets in the lua/snippets directory ----------------------------
-if pcall(require, "luasnip") then
-  misc.include('snippet.shorthands')
-  for _, file in ipairs(vim.fn.readdir(vim.fn.stdpath('config')..'/lua/snippet',
-    [[v:val =~ '\.lua$']])) do
-    require('snippet.'..file:gsub('%.lua$', ''))
-  end
+-- bootstrap plugin manager
+local path = vim.fn.stdpath("data").."/site/pack/deps/opt/dep"
+if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(path)) > 0 then
+	vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth=1", "https://git.squi.bid/dep", path })
 end
+vim.cmd("packadd dep")
+
+-- load miscellaneous utilities
+local misc = require('core.misc')
+
+-- load user config
+misc.include('conf.opts') -- setup options
+misc.include('conf.binds') -- setup keybinds
+misc.include('conf.autos') -- setup autos
+misc.include('conf.context') -- setup context menu
+
+-- load plugins
+require('dep') {
+  { 'squibid/dep',
+    url = 'https://git.squi.bid/dep'
+  },
+
+  load = function()
+    -- aquire all plugin specs
+    local plugs = {}
+
+    for _, file in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("lua/conf/plugins/*.lua", true)) do
+      local ret = misc.include('conf.plugins.'..file:gsub('^.*/', ''):gsub('%.lua$', ''))
+      if type(ret) ~= "boolean" then
+        plugs[#plugs + 1] = ret
+      end
+    end
+
+    return plugs
+  end
+}