diff --git a/slibs.h b/slibs.h
index 98699f5..144e64b 100644
--- a/slibs.h
+++ b/slibs.h
@@ -42,6 +42,73 @@
 
 #define sl_stringify(x) #x
 
+typedef struct sl_metadata {
+    uint8_t magic;
+    uint32_t size;
+} sl_metadata;
+#define MD_SZ sizeof(sl_metadata)
+#define MD_MAGIC 0xDE
+
+typedef void* sl_mem;
+
+void* sl_get_memory(sl_metadata* m);
+sl_metadata* sl_get_metadata(sl_mem ptr);
+void* sl_malloc(uint32_t size);
+void* sl_realloc(sl_mem ptr, uint32_t size);
+sl_mem __sl_serialize_struct(void* struc, size_t size);
+#define sl_serialize_struct(struc) __sl_serialize_struct((void*)&struc, sizeof(struc))
+
+#ifdef SL_IMPLEMENTATION
+sl_mem sl_get_memory(sl_metadata* md) {
+    return (sl_mem)((uintptr_t)md + MD_SZ);
+}
+
+sl_metadata* sl_get_metadata(sl_mem ptr) {
+    sl_metadata* md = (sl_metadata*)((uintptr_t)ptr - MD_SZ);
+    assert(md->magic == MD_MAGIC && "Metadata magic does not match.");
+    return md;
+}
+
+sl_mem sl_malloc(uint32_t size) {
+    sl_metadata* md = (sl_metadata*)malloc(size + MD_SZ);
+    md->magic = MD_MAGIC;
+    md->size = size;
+    return sl_get_memory(md);
+}
+
+void* sl_realloc(sl_mem ptr, uint32_t size) {
+    sl_metadata* md = (sl_metadata*)realloc(sl_get_metadata(ptr), size);
+    md->size = size;
+    return sl_get_memory(md);
+}
+
+sl_mem __sl_serialize_struct(sl_mem struc, size_t size) {
+    sl_mem mem = NULL;
+    size_t offset = 0;
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < size / sizeof(uintptr_t); i++) {
+        sl_mem ptr = *(sl_mem*)(struc + i * sizeof(void*));
+        sl_metadata* md = sl_get_metadata(ptr);
+
+        size_t full_size = md->size + MD_SZ;
+
+        if(mem == NULL) {
+            mem = sl_malloc(full_size);
+        } else {
+            sl_metadata* mem_md = sl_get_metadata(mem);
+            mem = sl_realloc(mem, mem_md->size + full_size);
+        }
+
+        memcpy(mem + offset, md, MD_SZ);
+        offset += MD_SZ;
+        memcpy(mem + offset, ptr, md->size);
+        offset += md->size;
+    }
+
+    return mem;
+}
+#endif
+
 #pragma endregion
 #pragma region Vector
 
@@ -167,6 +234,14 @@ typedef sl_vec(char) sl_string;
     sl_ptr_release(smart_ptr);                                                 \
   });
 
+void sl_read_file(const char *filename, sl_string *buffer);
+void sl_write_file(const char *filename, const sl_string *buffer);
+void sl_write_bytes(const char *filename, const uint8_t *data, size_t length);
+uint8_t* sl_read_bytes(const char *filename, size_t *length);
+void sl_write_metadata(const char* filename, sl_metadata* m);
+void sl_write_memory(const char* filename, void* ptr);
+
+#ifdef SL_IMPLEMENTATION
 void sl_read_file(const char *filename, sl_string *buffer) {
   FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
   if (!file) {
@@ -185,6 +260,77 @@ void sl_read_file(const char *filename, sl_string *buffer) {
   fclose(file);
 }
 
+void sl_write_file(const char *filename, const sl_string *buffer) {
+  FILE *file = fopen(filename, "w");
+  if (!file) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not open file %s\n", filename);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < buffer->size; i++) {
+    fputc(buffer->data[i], file);
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+}
+
+void sl_write_bytes(const char *filename, const uint8_t *data, size_t length) {
+  FILE *file = fopen(filename, "wb");
+  if (!file) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not open file %s\n", filename);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  size_t written = fwrite(data, sizeof(uint8_t), length, file);
+  if (written != length) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not write all data to file %s\n", filename);
+    fclose(file);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+}
+
+uint8_t* sl_read_bytes(const char *filename, size_t *length) {
+  FILE *file = fopen(filename, "rb");
+  if (!file) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not open file %s\n", filename);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+  size_t file_size = ftell(file);
+  fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  uint8_t *data = (uint8_t *)malloc(file_size);
+  if (!data) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not allocate memory\n");
+    fclose(file);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  size_t read = fread(data, sizeof(uint8_t), file_size, file);
+  if (read != file_size) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not read all data from file %s\n", filename);
+    free(data);
+    fclose(file);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+  if(length != NULL) *length = file_size;
+  return data;
+}
+
+void sl_write_metadata(const char* filename, sl_metadata* m) {
+    sl_write_bytes(filename, sl_get_memory(m), m->size);
+}
+
+void sl_write_memory(const char* filename, void* ptr) {
+    sl_write_metadata(filename, sl_get_metadata(ptr));
+}
+#endif
+
 #pragma endregion
 
 #endif // SLIBS_H