diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee7098f17a1cdbf7cb6720972c33cf3b63bed8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+zig-out/
+zig-cache/
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17d4fb7f767fc4b073b6f6dbb3b38ca773ce7d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{
+        .preferred_optimize_mode = std.builtin.OptimizeMode.ReleaseFast,
+    });
+
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "uf",
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+        .single_threaded = true,
+        .strip = true,
+    });
+
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+
+    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
+
+    if (b.args) |args| {
+        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
+    }
+
+    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
+    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+
+    const exe_unit_tests = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+
+    const run_exe_unit_tests = b.addRunArtifact(exe_unit_tests);
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run unit tests");
+    test_step.dependOn(&run_exe_unit_tests.step);
+}
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c65a36b41bce665f55e175b5e4d0fba7113be8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const File = std.fs.File;
+const Writer = std.fs.File.Writer;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    const in = std.io.getStdIn();
+    const out = std.io.getStdOut();
+    Uf.init().streamCopy(in, out) catch |err| {
+        try std.io.getStdErr().writer().print("Error {}", .{err});
+    };
+}
+
+const buf_size = 1_000_000;
+
+const Uf = struct {
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    var out_buf: [buf_size]u8 = undefined;
+    var out_index: u32 = 0;
+
+    fn init() *const Self {
+        return &Self{};
+    }
+
+    fn flush(_: *const Self, out: Writer) !void {
+        _ = try out.write(out_buf[0..out_index]);
+        out_index = 0;
+    }
+
+    fn writeChar(self: *const Self, out: Writer, c: u8) !void {
+        if (out_index >= buf_size) {
+            try self.flush(out);
+        }
+        out_buf[out_index] = c;
+        out_index += 1;
+    }
+
+    fn streamCopy(self: *const Self, in: File, out: File) !void {
+        const reader = in.reader();
+        const writer = out.writer();
+
+        var hit = false;
+        var second = false;
+        var in_buf: [buf_size]u8 = undefined;
+        while (true) {
+            const size = try reader.read(&in_buf);
+
+            for (in_buf[0..size]) |c| {
+                if (hit and c == '\n') {
+                    if (second == false) {
+                        second = true;
+                    } else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                } else if (hit and c != '\n') {
+                    if (second) {
+                        try self.writeChar(writer, '\n');
+                    }
+                    hit = false;
+                    second = false;
+                } else if (c == '\n') {
+                    hit = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                try self.writeChar(writer, c);
+            }
+
+            if (size != in_buf.len) {
+                try self.flush(writer);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ecfeade1a3ac1a5959545293ac3f34625b4743ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+export fn add(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+test "basic add functionality" {
+    try testing.expect(add(3, 7) == 10);
+}