diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9c73bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+httpserver
+compile_commands.json
+bin/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5593fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -std=c23 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -O2
+CFLAGS+=-Og -g -fsanitize=address,undefined
+SRCS=main.c threadpool.c util.c
+
+OBJS=$(SRCS:%.c=bin/%.o)
+
+all: httpserver
+
+httpserver: $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
+bin/%.o: src/%.c
+	@mkdir -p bin/deps/
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MD -MF $(patsubst src/%.c,bin/deps/%.d,$^) -c -o $@ $^
+
+include $(SRCS:%.c/bin/deps/%.d)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf bin/ httpserver
+
+.PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bab0de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#include "util.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    bool opt_error;
+    bool help_flag;
+    int port;
+    int parallelism;
+} GlobalFlags;
+
+static const GlobalFlags DEFAULT_FLAGS = {
+    .opt_error = false,
+    .help_flag = false,
+    .port = 0,
+    .parallelism = 1,
+};
+
+// Return false on failure, true on success
+static bool parse_int(const char *str, int min, int max, int *output) {
+    errno = 0;
+    char *endptr;
+    long conv = strtol(str, &endptr, 10);
+    if (!*str || *endptr) {
+        log_error("malformed number: \"%s\"", str);
+        return false;
+    } else if (((conv == LONG_MIN || conv == LONG_MAX) && errno == ERANGE)
+               || conv < min || conv > max) {
+        log_error("out of range: %s", str);
+        return false;
+    }
+    *output = conv;
+    return true;
+}
+
+void parse_cli_options(int argc, const char **argv, GlobalFlags *flags) {
+    constexpr unsigned long MAX_PARALLELISM = INT_MAX;
+    constexpr unsigned long MAX_PORT = 65535;
+    opterr = false;
+    int c;
+    char pretty_flag[8];
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, (char *const *) argv, "hp:")) >= 0) {
+        if (isprint(c)) {
+            snprintf(pretty_flag, sizeof(pretty_flag), "%c", c);
+        } else {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat-truncation"
+            // `c` is actually in the range [0,255], and so will be at most 2
+            // hex digits
+            snprintf(pretty_flag, sizeof(pretty_flag), "0x%02x", c);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+        }
+        switch (c) {
+        case 'h':
+            flags->help_flag = true;
+            return;
+        case 'p':
+            if (!parse_int(optarg, 1, MAX_PARALLELISM, &flags->parallelism)) {
+                flags->opt_error = true;
+            }
+            break;
+        case ':':
+            flags->opt_error = true;
+            log_error("flag requires argument: '%s'", pretty_flag);
+            break;
+        case '?':
+            flags->opt_error = true;
+            log_error("unknown flag: '%s'", pretty_flag);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (optind == argc) {
+        flags->opt_error = true;
+        log_error("no port provided");
+    } else if (optind != argc - 1) {
+        flags->opt_error = true;
+        log_error("extra positional arguments after port");
+    } else if (!parse_int(argv[optind], 1, MAX_PORT, &flags->port)) {
+        flags->opt_error = true;
+    }
+}
+
+void print_help(FILE *file) {
+    fprintf(file, "usage: httpserver [-h] [-p PARALLELISM] <PORT>\n");
+    fprintf(file, " -h  print this message, then exit\n");
+    fprintf(
+        file,
+        " -p  use PARALLELISM threads for processing requests (default: 1)\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+    setenv("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1", true);
+    set_exec_name(argv[0]);
+    GlobalFlags flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS;
+    parse_cli_options(argc, argv, &flags);
+    if (flags.help_flag) {
+        print_help(stdout);
+        return flags.opt_error ? EXIT_FAILURE : 0;
+    } else if (flags.opt_error) {
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    printf("Port: %d\n", flags.port);
+    printf("Parallelism: %d\n", flags.parallelism);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/threadpool.c b/src/threadpool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..012e632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/threadpool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "threadpool.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <threads.h>
+
+struct thread_pool_queue {
+    Task task;
+    void *arg;
+    struct thread_pool_queue *next;
+};
+
+struct _ThreadPool {
+    size_t nthreads;
+    thrd_t *threads;
+
+    struct thread_pool_queue *queue;
+};
+
+ThreadPool *make_thread_pool(int parallelism) {
+    ThreadPool *pool = malloc(sizeof(ThreadPool));
+    pool->nthreads = parallelism;
+}
+
+void destroy_thread_pool(ThreadPool *pool) {}
+
+void thread_pool_enqueue(Task task, void *arg) {}
diff --git a/src/threadpool.h b/src/threadpool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14efa9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/threadpool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef INCLUDED_THREAD_POOL_H
+#define INCLUDED_THREAD_POOL_H
+
+typedef struct _ThreadPool ThreadPool;
+typedef void (*Task)(void *);
+
+ThreadPool *make_thread_pool(int parallelism);
+
+void destroy_thread_pool(ThreadPool *pool);
+
+void thread_pool_enqueue(Task task, void *arg);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23bd715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "util.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define DEFAULT_EXEC_NAME "httpserver"
+
+const char *EXEC_NAME = DEFAULT_EXEC_NAME;
+static bool need_free_out_of_memory_msg = false;
+NO_SANITIZE
+static const char *out_of_memory_msg =
+    DEFAULT_EXEC_NAME ": error: out of memory\n";
+
+void set_exec_name(const char *argv0) {
+    const char *slash = strrchr(argv0, '/');
+    if (!slash) {
+        EXEC_NAME = argv0;
+    } else {
+        EXEC_NAME = slash + 1;
+    }
+    if (need_free_out_of_memory_msg) {
+        free((char *) out_of_memory_msg);
+    }
+}
+
+void log_error(const char *fmt, ...) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: ", EXEC_NAME);
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, fmt);
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
+    va_end(args);
+    fputc('\n', stderr);
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18abbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UTIL_H
+#define INCLUDED_UTIL_H
+
+#if __has_attribute(format)
+#    define PRINTF_LIKE(i, j) __attribute__((format(printf, i, j)))
+#else
+#    define PRINTF_LIKE(i, j)
+#endif
+
+#if __has_attribute(no_sanitize_address)
+#    define NO_SANITIZE __attribute__((no_sanitize_address))
+#else
+#    define NO_SANITIZE
+#endif
+
+extern const char *EXEC_NAME;
+
+void set_exec_name(const char *argv0);
+
+PRINTF_LIKE(1, 2)
+void log_error(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+#endif