diff --git a/ex01/Makefile b/ex01/Makefile
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index 0000000..6a4b384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex01/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+CXX := c++
+CXXFLAGS := -std=c++98 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g
+SRCDIR := src
+OBJDIR := obj
+NAME := ex01
+
+SRCS := $(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/*.cpp)
+OBJS := $(patsubst $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp,$(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(SRCS))
+
+all: $(NAME)
+
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp
+	mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+$(NAME): $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OBJDIR)
+
+fclean: clean
+	rm -fr $(NAME)
+
+re: fclean
+	@make --no-print-directory all
diff --git a/ex01/src/Data.hpp b/ex01/src/Data.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d417a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex01/src/Data.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+typedef struct s_data
+{
+	std::string name;
+	int id;
+} Data;
diff --git a/ex01/src/Serializer.cpp b/ex01/src/Serializer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5a0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex01/src/Serializer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "Serializer.hpp"
+#include "Data.hpp"
+
+Serializer::Serializer()
+{}
+
+Serializer::~Serializer()
+{}
+
+Serializer::Serializer(const Serializer& src)
+{
+	(void)src;
+}
+
+Serializer& Serializer::operator=(const Serializer& src)
+{
+	(void)src;
+	return *this;
+}
+
+uintptr_t Serializer::serialize(Data* ptr)
+{
+	return reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(ptr);
+}
+
+Data* Serializer::deserialize(uintptr_t raw)
+{
+	return reinterpret_cast<Data *>(raw);
+}
diff --git a/ex01/src/Serializer.hpp b/ex01/src/Serializer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1581fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex01/src/Serializer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "Data.hpp"
+
+class Serializer
+{
+	private:
+		Serializer();
+		~Serializer();
+		Serializer(const Serializer& src);
+
+		Serializer& operator=(const Serializer& src);
+	
+	public:
+		static uintptr_t serialize(Data* ptr);
+		static Data* deserialize(uintptr_t raw);
+};
diff --git a/ex01/src/main.cpp b/ex01/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bbff36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex01/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "Data.hpp"
+#include "Serializer.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main()
+{
+	Data data = {"bozo", 10};
+	uintptr_t tmp = Serializer::serialize(&data);
+
+
+	std::cout << "serialized: " << std::hex << tmp << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "deserialized: " << Serializer::deserialize(tmp) << std::endl;
+}