diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0f2c3e..c80232d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ profiles.clj
 resources/posts/
 /resources/author/
 resources/index/
+.eastwood
diff --git a/env/dev/clj/user.clj b/env/dev/clj/user.clj
index 65cd7a8..4d2f38c 100644
--- a/env/dev/clj/user.clj
+++ b/env/dev/clj/user.clj
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "Userspace functions you can run by default in your local REPL."
   (:require
    [shapey-shifty.config :refer [env]]
-    [clojure.pprint]
-    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
-    [expound.alpha :as expound]
-    [mount.core :as mount]
-    [shapey-shifty.core :refer [start-app]]))
+   [clojure.pprint]
+   [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
+   [expound.alpha :as expound]
+   [mount.core :as mount]
+   [shapey-shifty.core :refer [start-app]]))
 
 (alter-var-root #'s/*explain-out* (constantly expound/printer))
 
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/authors/author_core.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/authors/author_core.clj
index 94a9297..668af29 100644
--- a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/authors/author_core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/authors/author_core.clj
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (def base-path "resources/author")
 
-(defn create-author [] 
+(defn create-author []
   {:card nil :password-hash nil})
 
-(defn load-author [author-name] 
+(defn load-author [author-name]
   (let [path (format "%s/%s" base-path author-name)
         file (io/file path)]
     (when (.exists file)
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
            edn/read-string))))
 
 (defn load-all-authors []
-    (->> base-path 
-        io/file
-        file-seq
-        (filter #(.isFile %))
-        (map #(->> % slurp edn/read-string))))
+  (->> base-path
+       io/file
+       file-seq
+       (filter #(.isFile %))
+       (map #(->> % slurp edn/read-string))))
 
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/core.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/core.clj
index 3169a6d..9e47ee5 100644
--- a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/core.clj
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 (ns shapey-shifty.core
   (:require
-    [shapey-shifty.handler :as handler]
-    [shapey-shifty.nrepl :as nrepl]
-    [luminus.http-server :as http]
-    [shapey-shifty.config :refer [env]]
-    [clojure.tools.cli :refer [parse-opts]]
-    [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
-    [mount.core :as mount])
+   [shapey-shifty.handler :as handler]
+   [shapey-shifty.nrepl :as nrepl]
+   [luminus.http-server :as http]
+   [shapey-shifty.config :refer [env]]
+   [clojure.tools.cli :refer [parse-opts]]
+   [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
+   [mount.core :as mount])
   (:gen-class))
 
 ;; log uncaught exceptions in threads
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/index/index.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/index/index.clj
index ea7b205..c194d16 100644
--- a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/index/index.clj
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/index/index.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (ns shapey-shifty.index.index
   (:require [clucy.core :as clucy]
-            [shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io :as post-io]
-            ))
+            [shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io :as post-io]))
 
 (def index-path (atom "resources/index"))
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
 (defn crawl-posts!
   ([path]
    (crawl-posts! path post-io/read-post))
-  ([path parsing-fn] 
+  ([path parsing-fn]
    (->> path
         clojure.java.io/file
         file-seq
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/pipeline/core.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/pipeline/core.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e85709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/pipeline/core.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+(ns shapey-shifty.pipeline.core)
+
+(def pipelines (atom {:load-post []
+                      :render-post []
+                      :write-post []}))
+
+(defn update-pipeline [k f]
+  (swap! pipelines #(update % k conj f)))
+
+(defn add-load-post-step [f]
+  (update-pipeline :load-post f))
+
+(defn add-render-post-step [f]
+  (update-pipeline :render-post f))
+
+(defn add-write-post-step [f]
+  (update-pipeline :write-post f))
+
+(defn execute-pipeline [k params]
+  (let [p (k @pipelines)]
+    ((apply comp p) params)))
+
+(defn add-pipeline [k v]
+  (swap! pipelines #(assoc % k v)))
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj
index 27bf50a..b6b803b 100644
--- a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io
   (:require
-    [shapey-shifty.posts.core :as core]
-    [shapey-shifty.authors.author-core :as author]))
+   [shapey-shifty.posts.core :as core]
+   [shapey-shifty.authors.author-core :as author]))
 
 (def post-filename "post.json")
 (def base-posts-path "resources/posts")
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/routes/home.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/routes/home.clj
index 6999519..fba1bbc 100644
--- a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/routes/home.clj
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/routes/home.clj
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 (ns shapey-shifty.routes.home
   (:require
-    [shapey-shifty.layout :as layout]
-    [clojure.java.io :as io]
-    [shapey-shifty.middleware :as middleware]
-    [ring.util.response]
-    [shapey-shifty.posts.core :as posts]
-    [shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io :as post-io]
-    [shapey-shifty.routes.post-router :as post-router]
-    [shapey-shifty.authors.author-core :as author]
-    [ring.util.http-response :as response]))
+   [shapey-shifty.layout :as layout]
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [shapey-shifty.middleware :as mid]
+   [ring.util.response]
+   [shapey-shifty.posts.core :as posts]
+   [shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io :as post-io]
+   [shapey-shifty.routes.post-router :as post-router]
+   [shapey-shifty.authors.author-core :as author]
+   [ring.util.http-response :as response]))
+
+(def middleware (atom [mid/wrap-csrf mid/wrap-formats]))
 
 (defn home-page [request]
   (layout/render request "home.html" {:docs (-> "docs/docs.md" io/resource slurp)}))
 
-(defn test-view [request]
-  (layout/render request "post.html" {:post (-> (posts/create-empty-post) (posts/set-content "Hey there everyone!") (posts/set-name "Yolo") :properties)}))
-
 (defn post-view [request]
   (let [{:keys [path-params query-params body-params]} request
         {:keys [year month day n]} path-params
@@ -24,16 +23,13 @@
                                         :card (:author post)})))
 
 (defn about-page [request]
-  (layout/render request "h_card.html" 
-                 {
-                  :card (:card (author/load-author (get-in request [:path-params :name])))
-                  }))
+  (layout/render request "h_card.html"
+                 {:card (:card (author/load-author (get-in request [:path-params :name])))}))
 
 (defn home-routes []
   [""
-   {:middleware [middleware/wrap-csrf
-                 middleware/wrap-formats]}
+   {:middleware @middleware}
    ["/" {:get home-page}]
-   ["/blog/:year/:month/:day/:n" {:get post-view}]
-   ["/about/:name" {:get about-page}]])
+   ["/about/:name" {:get about-page}]
+   ["/:year/:month/:day/:n" {:get post-view}]])