diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a72b52e..071738d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ results
 
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
+.idea
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diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..575dce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+var app = require('koa')();
+var middleware = require('./lib/middleware');
+var db = require('./platform/db');
+var router = require('./lib/router');
+
+app.use(middleware.favicon()); // TODO - right now this actually bounces a favicon with a 404
+app.use(middleware.logger());
+app.use(middleware.responseTime());
+app.use(middleware.compress());
+
+app.use(router.middleware());
+
+db
+    .sequelize.sync()
+    .complete(function (err) { // TODO - figure out how to yield instead of using the promise
+        if (err) {
+            throw err;
+        } else {
+
+            app.listen(3000);
+
+        }
+    });
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diff --git a/controllers/index.js b/controllers/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a2fdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exports.users = require('./users');
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diff --git a/controllers/users.js b/controllers/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f109c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var platform = require('../platform'),
+    parse = require('co-body');
+
+exports.show = function *(next){
+    var user = yield platform.users.getUser(this.params.user);
+    if(user){
+        this.body = user;
+    } else {
+        this.throw(404, 'No user found');
+    }
+};
+
+exports.create = function *(next){
+    var body = yield parse.json(this);
+    var user = yield platform.users.createUser(body.name);
+    this.body = user;
+};
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diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1668121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+exports.responseTime = require('koa-response-time');
+exports.logger = require('koa-logger');
+exports.compress = require('koa-compress');
+exports.mount = require('koa-mount');
+exports.favicon = require('koa-favicon');
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diff --git a/lib/router.js b/lib/router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9054c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var Router = require('koa-router');
+var controllers = require('../controllers');
+
+var router = new Router();
+
+router.resource('users', controllers.users);
+
+module.exports = router;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a234c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "koa-demo",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Demo for a simple koa app.",
+  "main": "app.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "co": "~3.0.1",
+    "koa": "~0.2.0",
+    "pg": "~2.10.0",
+    "sequelize": "~2.0.0-beta.5",
+    "thunkify": "0.0.1",
+    "koa-router": "~2.2.0",
+    "co-body": "0.0.1",
+    "koa-logger": "~1.1.0",
+    "koa-response-time": "~1.0.1",
+    "koa-favicon": "~1.0.1",
+    "koa-mount": "~1.2.2",
+    "koa-compress": "~1.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "pselden",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/platform/db/index.js b/platform/db/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5091fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/db/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var fs = require('fs'),
+    path = require('path'),
+    Sequelize = require('sequelize'),
+    sequelize = new Sequelize('blogs_db', null, null, { // TODO - configuration
+        dialect: "postgres",
+        port:    5432
+    }),
+    db = {};
+
+// read all models and import them into the "db" object
+fs
+    .readdirSync(__dirname + '/models')
+    .filter(function (file) {
+        return (file.indexOf('.') !== 0) && (file !== 'index.js');
+    })
+    .forEach(function (file) {
+        var model = sequelize.import(path.join(__dirname + '/models', file));
+        db[model.name] = model;
+    });
+
+Object.keys(db).forEach(function (modelName) {
+    if (db[modelName].options.hasOwnProperty('associate')) {
+        db[modelName].options.associate(db);
+    }
+});
+
+db.sequelize = sequelize;
+module.exports = db;
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diff --git a/platform/db/models/post.js b/platform/db/models/post.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86aa13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/db/models/post.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = function(sequelize, DataTypes) {
+    var Post = sequelize.define('Post', {
+        title: DataTypes.STRING
+    }, {
+        associate: function(models) {
+            Post.belongsTo(models.User);
+        }
+    });
+
+    return Post;
+}
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diff --git a/platform/db/models/user.js b/platform/db/models/user.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3190a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/db/models/user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = function(sequelize, DataTypes) {
+    var User = sequelize.define('User', {
+        name: DataTypes.STRING
+    }, {
+        associate: function(models) {
+            User.hasMany(models.Post);
+        }
+    });
+
+    return User;
+}
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diff --git a/platform/index.js b/platform/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a2fdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exports.users = require('./users');
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diff --git a/platform/users/index.js b/platform/users/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462dd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/users/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./usersProvider');
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diff --git a/platform/users/usersPersistence.js b/platform/users/usersPersistence.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4028b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/users/usersPersistence.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var db = require('../db');
+
+exports.getUser = function *(id){
+    return yield db.User.find(Number(id));
+};
+
+exports.createUser = function *(name){
+    return yield db.User.create({ name: name });
+}
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diff --git a/platform/users/usersProvider.js b/platform/users/usersProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c55505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/users/usersProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var usersPersistence = require('./usersPersistence');
+
+exports.getUser = function *(id){
+    if(!id){
+        throw new Error("id must be specified");
+    }
+
+    return yield usersPersistence.getUser(id);
+};
+
+exports.createUser = function *(name){
+    if(!name){
+        throw new Error("name must be specified");
+    }
+
+    return yield usersPersistence.createUser(name);
+}
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