diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR)
+project("light" LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+include(tools/cmake/preliminary.cmake)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+add_option(ENABLE_SANITIZERS "Enables fsan sanitizers")
+add_option(ENABLE_STATIC_ANALYSIS "Enables clang-tidy static analysis")
+
+find_package(benchmark REQUIRED)
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+
+if(ENABLE_STATIC_ANALYSIS)
+    find_program(CLANG_TIDY_EXE NAMES "clang-tidy" REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+add_subdirectory(docs)
+add_subdirectory(modules)
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
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+++ b/conanfile.py
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+from conan import ConanFile
+from conan.tools.cmake import CMakeToolchain
+
+class LightRecipe(ConanFile):
+    name = "light"
+
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    generators = "CMakeDeps"
+
+    requires = [
+        "benchmark/1.8.4",
+        "gtest/1.14.0",
+    ]
+
+    tool_requires = [
+       "cmake/3.30.0"
+    ]
+
+    options = {
+        "enable_static_analysis": [True, False],
+        "enable_sanitizers": [True, False],
+    }
+
+    default_options = {
+        "enable_static_analysis": True,
+        "enable_sanitizers": False,
+    }
+
+    def generate(self):
+        tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
+
+        tc.cache_variables["CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS"] = True
+        tc.cache_variables["ENABLE_SANITIZERS"] = self.options.enable_sanitizers
+        tc.cache_variables["ENABLE_STATIC_ANALYSIS"] = self.options.enable_static_analysis
+
+        tc.generate()
diff --git a/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+message("TODO: implement doc generation")
diff --git a/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
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+add_subdirectory(utilities/preliminary)
+add_subdirectory(light)
diff --git a/modules/light/.gitkeep b/modules/light/.gitkeep
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/modules/light/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/light/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/modules/light/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_executable(light ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/entrypoint.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(light PRIVATE preliminary)
diff --git a/modules/light/src/entrypoint.cpp b/modules/light/src/entrypoint.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd06efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/light/src/entrypoint.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+auto main() -> lt::i32
+{
+	std::cout << "Light built and ran fine...";
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/modules/utilities/preliminary/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/utilities/preliminary/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/modules/utilities/preliminary/CMakeLists.txt
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+add_library(preliminary INTERFACE)
+target_precompile_headers(preliminary INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pch.hpp)
+target_include_directories(preliminary INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
diff --git a/modules/utilities/preliminary/include/preliminary/types.hpp b/modules/utilities/preliminary/include/preliminary/types.hpp
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+++ b/modules/utilities/preliminary/include/preliminary/types.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace lt {
+
+using i8 = int8_t;
+using i16 = int16_t;
+using i32 = int32_t;
+using i64 = int64_t;
+
+using u8 = uint8_t;
+using u16 = uint16_t;
+using u32 = uint32_t;
+using u64 = uint64_t;
+
+template<typename T>
+using vec = std::vector<T>;
+
+} // namespace lt
diff --git a/modules/utilities/preliminary/src/pch.hpp b/modules/utilities/preliminary/src/pch.hpp
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+++ b/modules/utilities/preliminary/src/pch.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <preliminary/types.hpp>
+
+/* utilities */
+#include <any>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cinttypes>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <exception>
+#include <functional>
+#include <limits>
+#include <memory>
+#include <numbers>
+#include <optional>
+#include <source_location>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <variant>
+
+/* numerics */
+#include <bit>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <random>
+#include <ratio>
+
+/* containers */
+#include <array>
+#include <bitset>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+#include <queue>
+#include <set>
+#include <span>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
+
+/* algorithms */
+#include <algorithm>
+
+/* input/output */
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+/* regular expression */
+#include <regex>
+
+/* thread support */
+#include <atomic>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <execution>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
+
+/* string */
+#include <cstring>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+/* filesystem */
+#include <filesystem>
diff --git a/tools/cmake/preliminary.cmake b/tools/cmake/preliminary.cmake
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+++ b/tools/cmake/preliminary.cmake
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+macro(add_option option help)
+    option(${option} ${help})
+
+    if(${option})
+        message(STATUS "${option}: ON")
+        add_compile_definitions(${option}=1)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "${option}: OFF")
+    endif()
+endmacro()