diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index c47dec698..93ab3e690 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ in
     rsync.sandbox.autodetectCliPaths = "existingOrParent";
     rsync.sandbox.tryKeepUsers = true;  # if running as root, keep the user namespace so that `-a` can set the correct owners, etc
 
+    rust-analyzer.buildCost = 2;
     rust-analyzer.sandbox.whitelistPwd = true;
     rust-analyzer.suggestedPrograms = [
       "cargo"
@@ -1178,6 +1179,7 @@ in
     tree.sandbox.tryKeepUsers = true;
     tree.sandbox.capabilities = [ "dac_read_search" ];
 
+    typescript-language-server.buildCost = 2;
     typescript-language-server.sandbox.whitelistPwd = true;
 
     tumiki-fighters.buildCost = 1;
diff --git a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
index 45be70604..9524b8cac 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
@@ -12,21 +12,15 @@ in
 
     # swap papers for zathura, since only one of these cross-compiles (TODO: enable cross compilation of papers!)
     sane.programs.guiBaseApps.suggestedPrograms = [ "zathura" ];
-    sane.programs.papers.enableFor.user.colin = false;
+    sane.programs.papers.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; unblocked)
 
     # disable the following non-essential programs which fail to cross compile
-    sane.programs.bash-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # bash neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
-    sane.programs.blueberry.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # bluetooth manager: doesn't cross compile
-    sane.programs.fcitx5.enableFor.user.colin = false;
+    sane.programs.bash-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # bash neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by ShellCheck)
+    sane.programs.blueberry.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # bluetooth manager: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by marco)
+    sane.programs.fcitx5.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by qtsvg)
     sane.programs.firefox.config.addons.browserpass-extension.enable = false;  #< does not cross compile
-    sane.programs.ltex-ls.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # LaTeX/html/markdown neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
-    sane.programs.marksman.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # markdown neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
-    sane.programs.mercurial.enableFor.user.colin = false;
-    sane.programs.nvme-cli.enableFor.system = false;  # does not cross compile (libhugetlbfs)
-    sane.programs.pyright.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # python neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
-
-    # disable the following non-essential programs which are excessively slow to build or large to copy
-    sane.programs.rust-analyzer.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # rust neovim LSP
-    sane.programs.typescript-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # rust js/TypeScript LSP
+    # sane.programs.marksman.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # markdown neovim LSP: cross compiles, but the result is a x86 .NET exe (2025-01-05)
+    sane.programs.mercurial.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; unblocked)
+    sane.programs.pyright.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # python neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; unblocked)
   };
 }