diff --git a/backend/.clang-format b/backend/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859ab4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+BasedOnStyle: WebKit
+IndentWidth: 4
+ColumnLimit: 80
+
+IndentCaseLabels: true
+InsertNewlineAtEOF: true
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: None
+
+BinPackArguments: false
+BinPackLongBracedList: false
+BinPackParameters: OnePerLine
+
+AllowAllArgumentsOnNextLine: true
+AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: true
+
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
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index 0000000..567609b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
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index 0000000..d2c166d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+MAKEFLAGS += -j16
+
+CC=gcc
+LD=gcc
+
+CFLAGS=-std=c23 -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion
+LDFLAGS=
+
+CFLAGS+=-g
+
+# CFLAGS+=-ggdb
+CFLAGS+=-fsanitize=address
+
+build_dir = build
+obj_dir = $(build_dir)/obj
+
+sources = \
+	src/main.c
+
+target=$(build_dir)/backend
+
+all: $(target)
+
+$(target): $(sources:%.c=$(obj_dir)/%.o)
+	$(LD) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^
+
+$(obj_dir)/%.o: %.c
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(CC) $< -c -o $@ -MMD -MP $(CFLAGS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(build_dir)
+
+-include $(sources:%.c=$(obj_dir)/%.d)
+
diff --git a/backend/compile_flags.txt b/backend/compile_flags.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca856b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/compile_flags.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-xc
+-std=c23
+-pedantic-errors
+-Wall
+-Wextra
+-Wconversion
+
diff --git a/backend/src/main.c b/backend/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d0a63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    printf("hello\n");
+}
+