I'm not gonna bother

lua/core/init.lua

@@ -35,6 +35,45 @@ local M = {
 }
 
 M.mason = {
+	packages = {
+		formatters = { "black" },
+		daps = { "debugpy" },
+		lsps = {
+			"clangd",
+			"mesonlsp",
+			"bashls",
+			"lua_ls",
+			"jdtls",
+			"basedpyright"
+		}
+	},
+
+	--- Attempt to install all desired packages. This only really works on first
+	--- install as mason seems to not remove the paths of the things we uninstall
+	--- and instead just removes the code, leaving behind it's metadata.
+	ensure_installed = function()
+		local to_install = {}
+
+		for _, type in pairs(M.mason.packages) do
+			for _, pkg in ipairs(type) do
+				-- HACK: some servers don't have the same name in mason as they do in
+				-- the vim lsp, we use the vim lsp names, and therefore need to
+				-- convert them in here when they're incorrect for mason
+				if pkg == "bashls" then pkg = "bash-language-server"
+				elseif pkg == "lua_ls" then pkg = "lua-language-server"
+				end
+
+				if vim.fn.isdirectory(M.mason.get_pkg_path(pkg)) == 0 then
+					table.insert(to_install, pkg)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+		if #to_install > 0 then
+			vim.cmd.MasonInstall(to_install)
+		end
+	end,
+
   --- Gets a path to a package in the Mason registry.
   --- Prefer this to `get_package`, since the package might not always be
   --- available yet and trigger errors.