diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d2092a..8885ace 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ profiles.clj
 
 /node_modules
 /log
+*.swp
+resources/posts/
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/core.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/core.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6bdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/core.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+(ns shapey-shifty.posts.core)
+
+(defn create-empty-post [] {:type nil :properties {:name nil :author nil :published nil :content nil}})
+
+(defn set-publish-date [post date]
+  (assoc-in post [:properties :published] date))
+
+(defn set-type [post post-type]
+  (assoc post :type post-type))
+
+(defn set-author [post author]
+  (assoc-in post [:properties :author] author))
+
+(defn set-name [post post-name]
+  (assoc-in post [:properties :name] post-name))
+
+(defn set-content [post post-content]
+  (assoc-in post [:properties :content] post-content))
diff --git a/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff20c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clj/shapey_shifty/posts/posts_io.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+(ns shapey-shifty.posts.posts-io
+  (:require
+   [shapey-shifty.posts.core :as core]))
+
+(def post-filename "post.json")
+(def base-path "resources/posts")
+
+(defn create-path-by-date [year month day]
+  {:year year :month month :day day})
+
+(defn pathmap-to-path [{:keys [year month day]}]
+  (format "%d/%d/%d" year month day))
+
+(defn count-posts-in-date [dt-path]
+  (let [path (pathmap-to-path dt-path)
+        final-path (format "%s/%s" base-path path)]
+    (->> final-path
+         clojure.java.io/file
+         file-seq
+         (filter #(.isDirectory %))
+         count
+         dec)))
+
+(defn write-post [post dt-path]
+  (let [path (pathmap-to-path dt-path)
+        increment (inc (count-posts-in-date dt-path))
+        final-path (format "%s/%s/%d/%s" base-path path increment post-filename)]
+    (clojure.java.io/make-parents final-path)
+    (spit final-path post)))
+
+(defn read-post [dt-path n]
+  (let [path (format "%s/%s/%d/%s" base-path (pathmap-to-path dt-path) n post-filename)
+        f (clojure.java.io/file path)]
+    (when (.exists f)
+      (-> f
+       slurp
+       read-string))))