diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8c8b6f..8ce1ee0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-day1
-day1_input
-day1_test
+*.txt
+*.elf
+blink.log
+compile_commands.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5cbced4..50519a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-all: day1
+FILES = $(wildcard ./*)
+SRCS  = $(filter %.c,$(FILES))
+BINS  = $(SRCS:%.c=%.elf)
 
-%: %.c
-	gcc-tree -o $@ -Wall -Werror -pedantic -D_GNU_SOURCE -std=gnu2y -O3 -g $<
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -pedantic -D_GNU_SOURCE -std=gnu2y -O3 -g -Wno-unused\
+	     -nostartfiles -static -Ttext=C475000
+
+all: $(BINS)
+
+%.elf: %.c
+	gcc-tree -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<
+
+clean:
+	rm ./*.elf
diff --git a/day1.c b/day1.c
index 011eb41..fccb42c 100644
--- a/day1.c
+++ b/day1.c
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdcountof.h>
+#include "lib.h"
 
+#define DBG 1
+
+#define RUN_PART1 1
+#define RUN_PART2 1
+#define RUN_TEST1 1
+#define RUN_TEST2 1
+
+#define TEST1_EXPECT 3
+#define TEST2_EXPECT 6
+
+static
 char input[] = {
-#embed "day1_input"
+#embed "day1_input.txt"
 };
 
+static
 char test[] = {
-#embed "day1_test"
+#embed "day1_test.txt"
 };
 
-unsigned grabnum(const char *s, const char **end) {
-    unsigned r = 0;
-    for (; *s >= '0' && *s <= '9'; s++)
-        r = r * 10 + (*s - '0');
-    *end = s;
-    return r;
-}
-
+static
 unsigned long do_part1(size_t src_len, const char src[src_len]) {
     const char *s = src;
     unsigned long count = 0;
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ unsigned long do_part1(size_t src_len, const char src[src_len]) {
     return count;
 }
 
+static
 unsigned do_part2(size_t src_len, const char src[src_len]) {
     const char *s = src, *ns = s + 1;
     unsigned count = 0;
@@ -70,24 +74,40 @@ unsigned do_part2(size_t src_len, const char src[src_len]) {
     return count;
 }
 
-int main() {
-    printf("PART 1 TEST: ");
-    if (unsigned long v = do_part1(countof(test), test); v != 3) {
-        printf("FAILED (got %lu, expected 3)\n", v);
+void _start() {
+#if RUN_TEST1
+    print("PART 1 TEST: ");
+    if (unsigned long v = do_part1(countof(test), test); v != TEST1_EXPECT) {
+        print("FAILED (got ");
+        printd(v);
+        print(", expected " xstr(TEST1_EXPECT) ")\n");
     } else {
-        printf("PASSED\n");
+        print("PASSED\n");
     }
+#endif
 
-    printf("PART 1 RESULT: %lu\n",
-        do_part1(countof(input), input));
+#if RUN_PART1
+    print("PART 1 RESULT: ");
+    printd(do_part1(countof(input), input));
+    print("\n");
+#endif
 
-    printf("PART 2 TEST: ");
-    if (unsigned v = do_part2(countof(test), test); v != 6) {
-        printf("FAILED (got %u, expected 6)\n", v);
+#if RUN_TEST2
+    print("PART 2 TEST: ");
+    if (unsigned v = do_part2(countof(test), test); v != TEST2_EXPECT) {
+        print("FAILED (got ");
+        printd(v);
+        print(", expected " xstr(TEST2_EXPECT) ")\n");
     } else {
-        printf("PASSED\n");
+        print("PASSED\n");
     }
+#endif
 
-    printf("PART 2 RESULT: %u\n",
-        do_part2(countof(input), input));
+#if RUN_PART2
+    print("PART 2 RESULT: ");
+    printd(do_part2(countof(input), input));
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+    syscall(SYS_exit_group, 0);
 }
diff --git a/day2.c b/day2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81204eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+#include "lib.h"
+
+#define DBG 0
+
+static
+unsigned char input[] = {
+#embed "day2_input.txt"
+};
+
+static
+unsigned char test[] = {
+#embed "day2_test.txt"
+};
+
+
+struct id {
+    size_t len;
+    bcdint v;
+};
+
+static
+struct id next_palindrome_part1(struct id s) {
+    if (s.len % 2 == 1) {
+        size_t len = s.len + 1;
+        unsigned high_shift = (len / 2) * 4;
+
+        bcdint high = 1 << (high_shift - 4);
+
+        return (struct id) {
+            .len = len,
+            .v = (high << high_shift) | high
+        };
+    }
+
+    unsigned high_shift = (s.len / 2) * 4;
+    bcdint   low_mask = (1 << high_shift) - 1;
+
+    bcdint high = s.v >> high_shift;
+    bcdint low =  s.v & low_mask;
+
+    if (low > high)
+        high = bcdadd(high, 1);
+
+    return (struct id) {
+        .len = s.len,
+        .v = (high << high_shift) | high
+    };
+}
+
+static
+bcdint do_part1(size_t file_len, unsigned char file[file_len]) {
+    unsigned char *src = file, *tmp;
+    bcdint result = 0;
+
+#if DBG
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+do {
+#if DBG
+    print_watch_ptr(src);
+    print("\t");
+    print(str(src) ":");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        print(" ");
+        print_hex_char(src[i]);
+    }
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+    tmp = src;
+    bcdint rs = grabbcd(src, &src);
+    struct id first = {
+        .len = src - tmp,
+        .v = rs
+    };
+
+    src++;
+
+    tmp = src;
+    bcdint re = grabbcd(src, &src);
+
+    src++;
+
+#if DBG
+    printh(rs);
+    print(" to ");
+    printh(re);
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+struct id next = first;
+do {
+    next = next_palindrome_part1(next);
+    if (next.v <= re) {
+        result = bcdadd(result, next.v);
+#if DBG
+        print_watch_hex(next.v);
+        print("\t");
+        print_watch_hex(next.len);
+        print("\t");
+        print_watch_hex(result);
+        print("\n");
+#endif
+    }
+    bcdint tmp = bcdadd(next.v, 1);
+    for (bcdint chk = next.v; chk > 0; chk >>= 4) {
+        if ((chk & 0xF) != 9) goto no_len_change;
+    }
+    next.len++;
+no_len_change:
+    next.v = tmp;
+} while (next.v <= re);
+
+#if DBG
+    print("reached ");
+    printh(re);
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+} while (src != &file[file_len]);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static
+struct id next_palindrome_part2(struct id s) {
+    bcdint best = -1;
+
+    for (unsigned i = 2; i <= s.len; i++) {
+        if (s.len % i == 0) {
+            unsigned high_shift = (s.len / i) * 4;
+
+            bcdint high = s.v >> (high_shift * (i - 1));
+
+            for (int j = i - 2; j >= 0; j--) {
+                bcdint low = (s.v >> (high_shift * (j))) & ((1 << high_shift) - 1);
+
+                if (low < high) {
+                    break;
+                } else if (low > high) {
+                    high = bcdadd(high, 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            bcdint next = 0;
+            for (unsigned j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+                next |= high << (high_shift * j);
+            }
+
+            if (next < best) {
+                best = next;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (best != -1) {
+        return (struct id) {
+            .len = s.len,
+            .v = best
+        };
+    }
+
+    size_t len = s.len + 1;
+    unsigned high_shift = (len / 2) * 4;
+
+    bcdint high = 1 << (high_shift - 4);
+
+    return (struct id) {
+        .len = len,
+        .v = (high << high_shift) | high
+    };
+}
+
+static
+bcdint do_part2(size_t file_len, unsigned char file[file_len]) {
+    unsigned char *src = file, *tmp;
+    bcdint result = 0;
+
+#if DBG
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+do {
+#if DBG
+    print_watch_ptr(src);
+    print("\t");
+    print(str(src) ":");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        print(" ");
+        print_hex_char(src[i]);
+    }
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+    tmp = src;
+    bcdint rs = grabbcd(src, &src);
+    struct id first = {
+        .len = src - tmp,
+        .v = rs
+    };
+
+    src++;
+
+    tmp = src;
+    bcdint re = grabbcd(src, &src);
+
+    src++;
+
+#if DBG
+    printh(rs);
+    print(" to ");
+    printh(re);
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+struct id next = first;
+do {
+    next = next_palindrome_part2(next);
+    if (next.v <= re) {
+        result = bcdadd(result, next.v);
+#if DBG
+        print_watch_hex(next.v);
+        print("\t");
+        print_watch_hex(next.len);
+        print("\t");
+        print_watch_hex(result);
+        print("\n");
+#endif
+    }
+    bcdint tmp = bcdadd(next.v, 1);
+    for (bcdint chk = next.v; chk > 0; chk >>= 4) {
+        if ((chk & 0xF) != 9) goto no_len_change;
+    }
+    next.len++;
+no_len_change:
+    next.v = tmp;
+} while (next.v <= re);
+
+#if DBG
+    print("reached ");
+    printh(re);
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+} while (src != &file[file_len]);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+#define RUN_TEST1 1
+#define RUN_PART1 1
+#define RUN_TEST2 1
+#define RUN_PART2 1
+
+#define TEST1_EXPECT 0x1227775554l
+#define TEST2_EXPECT 0x4174379265l
+
+void _start() {
+#if RUN_TEST1
+    print("PART 1 TEST: ");
+    if (bcdint v = do_part1(countof(test), test); v != TEST1_EXPECT) {
+        print("FAILED (got ");
+        printh(v);
+        print(", expected " xstr(TEST1_EXPECT) ")\n");
+    } else {
+        print("PASSED\n");
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if RUN_PART1
+    print("PART 1 RESULT: ");
+    printh(do_part1(countof(input), input));
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+#if RUN_TEST2
+    print("PART 2 TEST: ");
+    if (bcdint v = do_part2(countof(test), test); v != TEST2_EXPECT) {
+        print("FAILED (got ");
+        printh(v);
+        print(", expected " xstr(TEST2_EXPECT) ")\n");
+    } else {
+        print("PASSED\n");
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if RUN_PART2
+    print("PART 2 RESULT: ");
+    printh(do_part2(countof(input), input));
+    print("\n");
+#endif
+
+    syscall(SYS_exit_group, 0);
+}
diff --git a/lib.h b/lib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c15d826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdcountof.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define xstr(s) str(s)
+#define str(s) #s
+
+typedef uint64_t bcdint;
+
+static
+void printns(size_t len, unsigned char chars[len]) {
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, chars, len);
+}
+
+static 
+void printptr(uintptr_t v) {
+    char buf[sizeof(uintptr_t)*2] = { };
+    char *p = buf+countof(buf);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < countof(buf); i++) {
+        p--;
+        if ((v & 0x0F) < 0xA) {
+            *p = '0' + (v & 0x0F);
+        } else {
+            *p = 'A' - 0xA + (v & 0x0F);
+        }
+        v >>= 4;
+    }
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, p, countof(buf));
+}
+
+static
+void print_many_char(size_t len, char chars[len]) {
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, chars, len);
+}
+
+#define print(string) print_many_char(sizeof(string)-1, string)
+
+static
+void printd(unsigned long v) {
+    if (!v) {
+        print("0");
+        return;
+    }
+    char buf[32];
+    char *p = buf+32;
+    unsigned count = 0;
+    while (v) {
+        p--;
+        *p = '0' + (v % 10);
+        v /= 10;
+        count++;
+    }
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, p, count);
+}
+
+static
+void printh(unsigned long v) {
+    if (!v) {
+        print("0");
+        return;
+    }
+    char buf[32];
+    char *p = buf+32;
+    unsigned count = 0;
+    while (v) {
+        p--;
+        if ((v & 0x0F) < 0xA) {
+            *p = '0' + (v & 0x0F);
+        } else {
+            *p = 'A' - 0xA + (v & 0x0F);
+        }
+        v >>= 4;
+        count++;
+    }
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, p, count);
+}
+
+static
+void print_hex_char(unsigned char v) {
+    char buf[2];
+
+    if ((v >> 4) < 0x0A) {
+        buf[0] = '0' + (v >> 4);
+    } else {
+        buf[0] = 'A' - 0xA + (v >> 4);
+    }
+
+    if ((v & 0x0F) < 0xA) {
+        buf[1] = '0' + (v & 0x0F);
+    } else {
+        buf[1] = 'A' - 0xA + (v & 0x0F);
+    }
+
+    syscall(SYS_write, STDOUT_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+static
+void print_pre_hex(size_t len, unsigned char prefix[len], unsigned long v) {
+    printns(len, prefix);
+    printh(v);
+}
+
+static
+void print_pre_ptr(size_t len, unsigned char prefix[len], void *ptr) {
+    printns(len, prefix);
+    printptr((uintptr_t)ptr);
+}
+
+#define print_watch_ptr(expr) print_pre_ptr(\
+        sizeof(#expr ": ")-1, (unsigned char*)(#expr ": "), expr)
+#define print_watch_hex(expr) print_pre_hex(\
+        sizeof(#expr ": ")-1, (unsigned char*)(#expr ": "), expr)
+
+static
+bcdint grabbcd(unsigned char *s, unsigned char **end) {
+    bcdint r = 0;
+    for (; *s >= '0' && *s <= '9'; s++)
+        r = (r << 4) + (*s - '0');
+    if (end) *end = s;
+    return r;
+}
+
+static
+unsigned grabnum(const char *s, const char **end) {
+    unsigned r = 0;
+    for (; *s >= '0' && *s <= '9'; s++)
+        r = r * 10 + (*s - '0');
+    *end = s;
+    return r;
+}
+
+// from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
+// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal
+static bcdint bcdadd(bcdint a, bcdint b) {
+    bcdint t1, t2;
+    t1 = a + 0x0666666666666666;
+    t2 = t1 ^ b;
+    t1 = t1 + b;
+    t2 = t1 ^ t2;
+    t2 = ~t2 & 0x1111111111111110;
+    t2 = (t2 >> 2) | (t2 >> 3);
+    return t1 - t2;
+}