diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7ca6560..d2c3426 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8aebca1129a03dc6dc2b127edd729435bbc4a37e1d5f4d7513165089ceb02634"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "difference"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "524cbf6897b527295dff137cec09ecf3a05f4fddffd7dfcd1585403449e74198"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -944,6 +950,20 @@ name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06c64263859d87aa2eb554587e2d23183398d617427327cf2b3d0ed8c69e4800"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.118"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c84d3526699cd55261af4b941e4e725444df67aa4f9e6a3564f18030d12672df"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
@@ -1370,7 +1390,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "yuurei"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "difference",
  "futures",
+ "serde",
  "tokio",
  "warp",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3776af0..0e36122 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "yuurei"
-description = "ghost text messaging"
+description = "ghost text liveboard"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Avril <flanchan@cumallover.me>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+difference = "2.0.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
+serde = {version = "1.0.118", features=["derive"]}
 tokio = {version = "0.2", features=["full"] } 
 warp = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/src/delta.rs b/src/delta.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbb83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/delta.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+//! Deltas and applying them
+use super::*;
+use difference::{
+    Changeset,
+    Difference,
+};
+
+const MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE: usize = 14;
+const DELTA_BREAK: &str = "";
+
+/// Infer all deltas needed to be sequentially applied to `orig` to transform it to `new`, return the number inserted into `output`.
+pub fn infer_deltas<T: BackInserter<Delta> + ?Sized>(output: &mut T, orig: &str, new: &str) -> usize
+{
+    let set = Changeset::new(orig, new, DELTA_BREAK);
+
+    let mut done=0;
+    let mut position =0;
+    for diff in set.diffs.into_iter() {
+	match diff {
+	    Difference::Same(string) => {
+		position += string.len();
+	    },
+	    Difference::Rem(string) => {
+		output.push_back(Delta {
+		    location: position,
+		    kind: DeltaKind::RemoveAhead{span_len: string.len()},
+		});
+		done+=1;
+	    },
+	    Difference::Add(string) => {
+		let mut passer = BackInsertPass::new(|(span, span_len)| {
+		    output.push_back(Delta {
+			location: position,
+			kind: DeltaKind::Insert {
+			    span, span_len,
+			},
+		    });
+		    position+= usize::from(span_len);
+		    done+=1;
+		});
+		delta_span_many(&mut passer, string.chars());
+	    },
+	}
+    }
+    done
+}
+
+/// Create a delta span from an input iterator.
+///
+/// This function can take no more than `min(255, MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE)` chars from the input. The number of chars inserted is also returned as `u8`.
+pub(super) fn delta_span<I>(from: I) -> ([char; MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE], u8)
+where I: IntoIterator<Item = char>
+{
+    let mut output: [char; MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE] = Default::default();
+    let mut sz: u8 = 0;
+
+    for (d, s) in output.iter_mut().zip(from.into_iter().take(usize::from(u8::MAX)))
+    {
+	*d = s;
+	sz += 1;
+    }
+
+    (output, sz)
+}
+
+/// Create as many delta spans needed from an input iterator.
+///
+/// This function can take as many inputs as needed, and outputs the needed amount of spans into `into`, and then returns the number added.
+pub(super) fn delta_span_many<T: BackInserter<([char; MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE], u8)> + ?Sized, I>(into: &mut T, from: I) -> usize
+where I: IntoIterator<Item = char>
+{
+    let mut iter = from.into_iter();
+    let mut added=0;
+    loop {
+	match delta_span(&mut iter) {
+	    (_, 0) => break,
+	    other => into.push_back(other),
+	}
+	added+=1;
+    }
+    added
+}
+
+/// Information about the delta to be applied in `Delta`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Hash)]
+pub enum DeltaKind
+{
+    /// Append to the end of body. Equivilant to `Insert` with a location at `karada.scape.len()` (the end of the buffer). 
+    Append{
+	span: [char; MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE],
+	span_len: u8,
+    },
+    /// Insert `span_len` chars from `span` into body starting *at* `location` and moving ahead
+    Insert{
+	span: [char; MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE],
+	span_len: u8,
+    },
+    /// Remove `span_len` chars from `location`.
+    RemoveAhead{
+	span_len: usize,
+    },
+    /// Remove `span_len` chars up to but not including `location`.
+    RemoveBehind{
+	span_len: usize,
+    },
+    /// Remove everything from `location` to the end.
+    Truncate,
+    /// Remove everything from 0 to `location`.
+    Shift,
+    /// Remove char at `location`
+    RemoveSingle,
+    /// Remove entire post body
+    Clear,
+}
+
+/// A delta to apply to `Karada`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Hash)]
+pub struct Delta
+{
+    /// Location to insert into. This is the INclusive range of: 0..=(karada.scape.len()).
+    ///
+    /// Insertions off the end of the buffer are to be appened instead.
+    location: usize,
+    /// The kind of delta to insert
+    kind: DeltaKind,
+}
+
+/// Static assertion: `MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE` can fit into `u8`.
+const _: [u8;(MAX_SINGLE_DELTA_SIZE < (!0u8 as usize)) as usize] = [0];
+
+impl Delta
+{
+    /// Apply this delta to a message
+    pub fn insert<T: ?Sized+AsMut<Vec<char>>>(&self, inserter: &mut T)
+    {
+	let inserter = inserter.as_mut();
+	match self.kind {
+	    DeltaKind::Append{span, span_len} => {
+		inserter.extend_from_slice(&span[..usize::from(span_len)]);
+	    },
+	    DeltaKind::Insert{span, span_len} => {
+		let span = &span[..usize::from(span_len)];
+		if self.location == inserter.len() {
+		    inserter.extend_from_slice(span);
+		} else if span.len() == 1  {
+		    inserter.insert(self.location, span[0]);
+		} else if span.len() > 1 {
+		    inserter.insert_exact(self.location, span.iter().copied());
+		}
+	    },
+	    DeltaKind::RemoveAhead{span_len} => {
+		inserter.drain(self.location..(self.location+span_len));
+	    },
+	    DeltaKind::RemoveBehind{span_len} => {
+		let span_st = self.location.checked_sub(span_len).unwrap_or(0);
+		inserter.drain(span_st..self.location);
+	    },
+	    DeltaKind::RemoveSingle => {
+		inserter.remove(self.location);
+	    },
+	    DeltaKind::Clear => inserter.clear(),
+	    DeltaKind::Truncate => inserter.truncate(self.location),
+	    DeltaKind::Shift => ((),inserter.drain(..self.location)).0,
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests
+{
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn infer_and_insert()
+    {
+	let orig = "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog !!!!";
+	let new =  "the quick brown dog jumped over the lazy fox twice";
+
+	let mut deltas = Vec::new();
+	infer_deltas(&mut deltas, orig, new);
+
+	println!("{:#?}", deltas);
+	let output: String = {
+	    let mut scape: Vec<_> = orig.chars().collect();
+	    for delta in deltas.into_iter() {
+		delta.insert(&mut scape);
+	    }
+	    scape.into_iter().collect()
+	};
+
+	assert_eq!(&output[..], &new[..]);
+    }
+
+    macro_rules! insert {
+	($expects:literal; $start:literal, $ins:literal, $where:expr) => {
+	    {
+		
+		let mut message: Vec<char> = $start.chars().collect();
+		
+		let delta = {
+		    let (span, span_len) = delta_span($ins.chars());
+		    Delta {
+			location: $where,
+			kind: DeltaKind::Insert{span, span_len},
+		    }
+		};
+
+		println!("from: {:?}", message);
+		println!("delta: {:?}", delta);
+		delta.insert(&mut message);
+
+		assert_eq!(&message.into_iter().collect::<String>()[..], $expects);
+	    }
+	};
+    }
+    
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_body()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "126789", "345", 2);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_end()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "1289", "34567", 2);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_end_rev()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "1234569", "78", 6);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_begin_rev()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "1456789", "23", 1);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_begin()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "789", "123456", 0);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_end_f()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "123", "456789", 3);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_end_f_rev()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "1234567", "89", 7);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_single()
+    {
+	insert!("123456789"; "12346789", "5",4);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ext.rs b/src/ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..926b936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+//! Extensions
+use std::{
+    marker::PhantomData,
+    fmt,
+    ops,
+};
+
+/// Wrapper to derive debug for types that don't implement it.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Ord,PartialOrd, Hash)]
+pub struct OpaqueDebug<T>(T);
+
+impl<T> OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    /// Create a new wrapper
+    #[inline]  pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(value)
+    }
+
+    /// Consume into the value
+    #[inline] pub fn into_inner(self) -> T
+    {
+	self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> AsRef<T> for OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn as_ref(&self) -> &T
+    {
+	&self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> AsMut<T> for OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T
+    {
+	&mut self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ops::Deref for OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    type Target = T;
+    #[inline] fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target
+    {
+	&self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ops::DerefMut for OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target
+    {
+	&mut self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> fmt::Debug for OpaqueDebug<T>
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result
+    {
+	write!(f, "<opaque value>")
+    }
+}
+
+
+/// A trait for types that can insert objects at their end.
+pub trait BackInserter<T>
+{
+    /// Insert an object at the end of this container
+    fn push_back(&mut self, value: T);
+}
+
+impl<T> BackInserter<T> for Vec<T>
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn push_back(&mut self, value: T)
+    {
+	self.push(value)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Absracts a closure for `BackInserter<T>`.
+pub struct BackInsertPass<T,F>(F, PhantomData<T>)
+where F: FnMut(T);
+
+impl<T,F: FnMut(T)> BackInsertPass<T,F>
+{
+    /// Create a new instance with this closure
+    #[inline] pub fn new(func: F) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(func, PhantomData)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, F: FnMut(T)> BackInserter<T> for BackInsertPass<T,F>
+{
+    #[inline] fn push_back(&mut self, value: T)
+    {
+	self.0(value)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A `BackInserter<T>` that will only add a max capacity of items before it starts dropping input to its `push_back` function.
+pub struct CappedBackInserter<'a, T>(&'a mut T, usize, usize)
+where T: BackInserter<T>;
+
+impl<'a, T> CappedBackInserter<'a, T>
+where T: BackInserter<T>
+{
+    /// Create a new instance with this max capacity
+    #[inline] pub fn new(from: &'a mut T, cap: usize) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(from, 0, cap)
+    }
+
+    /// The number of elements pushed so far
+    #[inline] pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+	self.1
+    }
+
+    /// The max number of elemnts allowed to be pushed
+    #[inline] pub fn cap(&self) -> usize {
+	self.2
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> BackInserter<T> for CappedBackInserter<'a, T>
+where T: BackInserter<T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn push_back(&mut self, value: T)
+    {
+	if self.1 < self.2 {
+	    self.0.push_back(value);
+	    self.1+=1;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait VecExt<T>
+{
+    /// Insert many elements with exact size iterator
+    fn insert_exact<Ex, I: IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = Ex>>(&mut self, location: usize, slice: I)
+    where Ex: ExactSizeIterator<Item = T>;
+
+    /// Insert many elements
+    fn insert_many<I: IntoIterator<Item =T>>(&mut self, location: usize, slice: I);
+}
+
+
+impl<T> VecExt<T> for Vec<T>
+{
+    #[cfg(not(feature="experimental_inserter"))]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn insert_exact<Ex, I: IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = Ex>>(&mut self, location: usize, slice: I)
+    where Ex: ExactSizeIterator<Item = T>
+    {
+	self.insert_many(location, slice)
+    }
+    #[cfg(feature="experimental_inserter")]
+    fn insert_exact<Ex, I: IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = Ex>>(&mut self, location: usize, slice: I)
+    where Ex: ExactSizeIterator<Item = T>,
+    {
+	#[inline(never)]
+	#[cold]
+	fn panic_len(l1: usize, l2: usize) -> !
+	{
+	    panic!("Location must be in range 0..{}, got {}", l1,l2)
+	}
+
+	#[inline(never)]
+	#[cold]
+	fn inv_sz() -> !
+	{
+	    panic!("ExactSizeIterator returned invalid size");
+	}
+
+	if location >= self.len() {
+	    panic_len(self.len(), location);
+	}
+	let mut slice = slice.into_iter();
+
+	let slen = slice.len();
+	match slen {
+	    0 => return,
+	    1 => {
+		self.insert(location, slice.next().unwrap());
+		return
+	    },
+	    _ => (),
+	};
+	self.reserve(slice.len());
+
+	unsafe {
+	    let this = self.as_mut_ptr().add(location);
+	    let len = self.len();
+	    let rest = std::mem::size_of::<T>() * (location..len).len();
+	    
+	    libc::memmove(this.add(slen) as *mut libc::c_void, this as *mut libc::c_void, rest);
+	    let mut sent=0;
+	    match std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+		let mut this = this;
+		for item in slice {
+		    if sent >= slen {
+			inv_sz();
+		    }
+		    
+		    this.write(item);
+		    this = this.add(1);
+		    sent+=1;
+		}
+		if sent != slen {
+		    inv_sz();
+		}
+	    })) {
+		Err(e) => {
+		    // memory at (location+sent)..slen is now invalid, move the old one back before allowing unwind to contine
+		    libc::memmove(this.add(sent) as *mut libc::c_void, this.add(slen) as *mut libc::c_void, rest);
+		    self.set_len(len + sent);
+		    std::panic::resume_unwind(e)
+		},
+		_ => (),
+	    }
+	    self.set_len(len + sent);
+	}
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn insert_many<I: IntoIterator<Item =T>>(&mut self, location: usize, slice: I)
+    {
+	let slice = slice.into_iter();
+	match slice.size_hint() {
+	    (0, Some(0)) | (0, None) => (),
+	    (_, Some(bound)) | (bound, _) => self.reserve(bound),
+	};
+
+	self.splice(location..location, slice);
+	
+	//let splice = self.split_off(location);
+	//self.extend(slice.chain(splice.into_iter()));
+	
+	/*
+	// shift everything across, replacing with the new values
+	let splice: Vec<_> = self.splice(location.., slice).collect();
+	//            ^ -- this allocation bugs me, but we violate aliasing rules if we don't somehow collect it before adding it back in so...
+	// add tail back
+	self.extend(splice);*/
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests
+{
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn vec_insert_exact()
+    {
+	let mut vec = vec![0,1,2,8,9,10];
+	vec.insert_exact(3, [3,4,5,6, 7].iter().copied());
+
+	assert_eq!(&vec[..],
+		   &[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
+	);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn vec_insert_exact_nt()
+    {
+	macro_rules! string {
+	    ($str:literal) => (String::from($str));
+	}
+	let mut vec = vec![
+	    string!("Hello"),
+	    string!("world"),
+	    string!("foo"),
+	    string!("uhh"),
+	];
+	let vec2 = vec![
+	    string!("Hello"),
+	    string!("world"),
+	    string!("hi"),
+	    string!("hello"),
+	    string!("foo"),
+	    string!("uhh"),
+	];
+
+	vec.insert_exact(2, vec![string!("hi"), string!("hello")]);
+
+	assert_eq!(&vec[..], &vec2[..]);
+    }
+    
+    #[cfg(nightly)]
+    mod benchmatks
+    {
+	use super::super::*;
+	use test::{
+	    Bencher, black_box,
+	};
+	#[cfg(not(feature="experimental_inserter"))]
+	#[bench]
+	fn move_exact(b: &mut Bencher)
+	{
+	    let mut vec = vec![0,10,11,12];
+	    let span = [0,1,2,3];
+	    b.iter(|| {
+		black_box(vec.insert_exact(vec.len()/2, span.iter().copied()));
+	    });   
+	}
+	#[bench]
+	fn move_via_splice(b: &mut Bencher)
+	{
+	    let mut vec = vec![0,10,11,12];
+	    let span = [0,1,2,3];
+
+	    b.iter(|| {
+		black_box(vec.insert_many(vec.len()/2, span.iter().copied()));
+	    });
+	}
+	
+	#[cfg(feature="experimental_inserter")]
+	#[bench]
+	fn move_via_unsafe(b: &mut Bencher)
+	{
+	    let mut vec = vec![0,10,11,12];
+	    let span = [0,1,2,3];
+	    b.iter(|| {
+		black_box(vec.insert_exact(vec.len()/2, span.iter().copied()));
+	    });
+	}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 592ea2c..bf783ae 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde;
+
+#[macro_use] mod ext; use ext::*;
+
+mod delta;
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     println!("Hello, world!");