diff --git a/DOCS.md b/DOCS.md
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+# Docs
+
+This file is meant to explain how it's working. I'll try to keep it up to date.
+
+## General idea
+
+Meta programming is really useful, in a lots of ways, that's why I'm trying to implement this in C, in the most pleasant way.  
+Header-only libraries are also a must imo, so let's try to implement meta programming within a single header! The same header for both compilation and runtime btw.
+
+## Compilation time
+
+`cmeta.h` contains the code to parse structs, lexing is handled by `stb_c_lexer` (for now).  
+The `bool process_file(const char *file_path)` function calls `gcc -E <file_path>` (so we handle macros etc), then parses the result. It then generates all `Struct_Info`s in a special place in the header, delimited by two `// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //`.  
+If anything has failed, nothing will be generated between the two comments, so cmeta remains intact.  
+
+This struct:
+```c
+typedef struct {
+    int int_field;
+} Foo_Struct;
+```
+
+Will be converted to this:
+```c
+// cmeta.h
+
+// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //
+static Struct_Info foo_struct_info = {
+    .name = "Foo_Struct",
+    .fields_count = 1,
+    .fields = (Field_Info[1]) {
+        { .type = "int", .name = "int_field" },
+    },
+};
+// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //
+```
+
+## Runtime
+
+`cmeta.h` now contains both type infos and useful functions to interact with them.
diff --git a/example/01_simple_struct/Makefile b/example/01_simple_struct/Makefile
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+++ b/example/01_simple_struct/Makefile
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+all: cmeta main
+
+cmeta: main.c cmeta.h cmeta.c
+	gcc cmeta.c -I../../third_party/ -o cmeta
+
+main: cmeta.h main.c
+	./cmeta
+	gcc main.c -o main
diff --git a/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.c b/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.c
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+++ b/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.c
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+#define CMETA_COMPTIME
+#include "cmeta.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+    if (!process_file("./main.c")) return 1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.h b/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.h
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+++ b/example/01_simple_struct/cmeta.h
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+#ifndef CMETA_H
+#define CMETA_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char* type;
+    const char* name;
+} Field_Info;
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char* name;
+    size_t fields_count;
+    Field_Info *fields;
+} Struct_Info;
+
+// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //
+// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //
+
+#ifdef CMETA_COMPTIME
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define STB_C_LEXER_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "stb_c_lexer.h"
+
+stb_lexer lexer = {0};
+
+typedef struct {
+    char* type;
+    char* name;
+} Parsed_Field_Info;
+
+typedef struct {
+    Parsed_Field_Info* items;
+    size_t count;
+    size_t capacity;
+} Parsed_Field_Infos;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char* name;
+    size_t fields_count;
+    Parsed_Field_Info *fields;
+} Parsed_Struct_Info;
+
+typedef struct {
+    Parsed_Struct_Info* items;
+    size_t count;
+    size_t capacity;
+} Parsed_Struct_Infos;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char* data;
+    size_t capacity;
+    size_t length;
+} String_Builder;
+
+void sb_append(String_Builder* sb, const char* data) {
+    size_t data_len = strlen(data);
+    size_t total_len = sb->length + data_len;
+
+    if (total_len + 1 > sb->capacity) {
+        size_t new_capacity = sb->capacity == 0 ? 64 : sb->capacity * 2;
+        while (new_capacity < total_len + 1) {
+            new_capacity *= 2;
+        }
+        sb->data = (char*) realloc(sb->data, new_capacity);
+        sb->capacity = new_capacity;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(sb->data + sb->length, data, data_len);
+    sb->length = total_len;
+    sb->data[sb->length] = '\0';
+}
+
+void sb_append_ch(String_Builder* sb, char ch) {
+    char buf[2] = {ch, '\0'};
+    sb_append(sb, buf);
+}
+
+#define da_append(da, item)                                                          \
+    do {                                                                             \
+        if ((da)->count + 1 > (da)->capacity) {                                      \
+            size_t new_capacity = (da)->capacity == 0 ? 64 : (da)->capacity * 2;     \
+            while ((da)->count + 1 > new_capacity) {                                 \
+                new_capacity *= 2;                                                   \
+            }                                                                        \
+            (da)->items = realloc((da)->items, new_capacity * sizeof(*(da)->items)); \
+        }                                                                            \
+        (da)->items[(da)->count++] = (item);                                         \
+    } while (0)                                                                      \
+
+bool lexer_expect_keyword(const char* expected) {
+    stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer);
+
+    if (lexer.token != CLEX_id) {
+        // TODO: map lexer.token to readable name
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: expected `%s` but got `%ld`\n", expected, lexer.token);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (strcmp(lexer.string, expected) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: expected `%s` but got `%s`\n", expected, lexer.string);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool lexer_expect(long expected, const char* expected_str) {
+    stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer);
+
+    if (lexer.token != expected) {
+        // TODO: map lexer.token to readable name
+        if(expected_str != NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: expected %s but got `%ld`\n", expected_str, lexer.token);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: expected `%ld` but got `%ld`\n", expected, lexer.token);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+long lexer_peek() {
+    char* mark = lexer.parse_point;
+    if (!stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer)) {
+        lexer.parse_point = mark;
+        return CLEX_eof;
+    }
+
+    long token = lexer.token;
+    lexer.parse_point = mark;
+
+    return token;
+}
+
+// parses typedef struct { FIELDS } TYPE_NAME
+bool parse_struct(Parsed_Struct_Info* info) {
+    bool result = false;
+    char* name = NULL;
+
+    Parsed_Field_Infos fields = {0};
+    String_Builder field = {0};
+
+    if (!lexer_expect_keyword("typedef")) goto fail;
+    if (!lexer_expect_keyword("struct")) goto fail;
+    if (!lexer_expect('{', NULL)) goto fail;
+
+    while (true) {
+        char* mark = lexer.parse_point;
+        if (!stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: expected struct fields but got EOF\n");
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (lexer.token == '}') break;
+        lexer.parse_point = mark;
+
+        field.length = 0;
+        while (stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer) && lexer.token != ';') {
+            if (lexer.token <= 255) {
+                // TODO: parse arrays
+                if(lexer.token == '[') goto fail;
+
+                sb_append_ch(&field, (char)lexer.token);
+                sb_append_ch(&field, ' ');
+            } else {
+                // TODO: parse unions
+                if(strcmp(lexer.string, "union") == 0) goto fail;
+
+                // TODO: parse attributes
+                sb_append(&field, lexer.string);
+                sb_append_ch(&field, ' ');
+            }
+        }
+        field.data[field.length -  1] = '\0';
+
+        char* last_space = strrchr(field.data, ' ');
+        char* field_name = strdup(last_space + 1);
+
+        field.data[last_space - field.data] = '\0';
+
+        char* field_type = strdup(field.data);
+
+        da_append(&fields, ((Parsed_Field_Info) {
+            .type = field_type,
+            .name = field_name,
+        }));
+    }
+
+    if (!lexer_expect(CLEX_id, "type name")) goto fail;
+    name = strdup(lexer.string);
+
+    info->name = name;
+    info->fields_count = fields.count;
+    info->fields = (Parsed_Field_Info*)calloc(info->fields_count, sizeof(Parsed_Field_Info));
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < info->fields_count; i += 1) {
+        info->fields[i].type = fields.items[i].type;
+        info->fields[i].name = fields.items[i].name;
+    }
+
+    result = true;
+fail:
+    free(field.data);
+
+    if(!result) {
+        free(name);
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < fields.count; i += 1) {
+            free(fields.items[i].name);
+            free(fields.items[i].type);
+        }
+        free(fields.items);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+void print_struct(Parsed_Struct_Info info) {
+    printf("struct_name = %s\n", info.name);
+    printf("fields[%zu] = [\n", info.fields_count);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < info.fields_count; i += 1) {
+        printf("    { type = %s, name = %s },\n", info.fields[i].type, info.fields[i].name);
+    }
+    printf("]\n");
+}
+
+#define gen(...) do {                                       \
+        fprintf(stream, __VA_ARGS__);                       \
+        fprintf(stream, " // %s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+    } while(0)
+
+char* to_lowercase(char* str) {
+    size_t len = strlen(str);
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < len; i += 1) {
+        str[i] = tolower(str[i]);
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+
+void generate_struct_info(FILE* stream, Parsed_Struct_Info info) {
+    char* lowercase_name = to_lowercase(strdup(info.name));
+
+    gen("static Struct_Info %s_info = {", lowercase_name);
+    gen("    .name = \"%s\",", info.name);
+    gen("    .fields_count = %zu,", info.fields_count);
+    gen("    .fields = (Field_Info[%zu]) {", info.fields_count);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < info.fields_count; i += 1) {
+        gen("        { .type = \"%s\", .name = \"%s\" },", info.fields[i].type, info.fields[i].name);
+    }
+    gen("    },");
+    gen("};");
+
+    free(lowercase_name);
+}
+
+bool read_entire_file(const char* file_path, char** content) {
+    bool result = false;
+    FILE* file = fopen(file_path, "rb");
+    if(file == NULL) goto fail;
+
+    if(fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) < 0) goto fail;
+
+    long length = ftell(file);
+    if(length < 0) goto fail;
+
+    if(fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0) goto fail;
+
+    *content = (char*) malloc((length + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    fread(*content, 1, length, file);
+
+    // TODO: will not set errno
+    if (ferror(file)) goto fail;
+
+    (*content)[length] = '\0';
+
+    result = true;
+fail:
+    if (!result) {
+        free(*content);
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not read `%s`: %s\n", file_path, strerror(errno));
+    }
+    if (file) fclose(file);
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool generate_output_file(const char* output_path, Parsed_Struct_Infos struct_infos) {
+    const char* GENERATION_MARK = "// AUTO GENERATED CODE  //\n";
+    const size_t GENERATION_MARK_LEN = strlen(GENERATION_MARK);
+
+    bool result = false;
+
+    char* header_content;
+    if (!read_entire_file(__FILE__, &header_content)) goto fail;
+
+    // 1. find BEGIN an END
+    char* generate_begin = strstr(header_content, GENERATION_MARK);
+    if (generate_begin == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not found generation mark in cmeta.h\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    char* generate_end = strstr(generate_begin + GENERATION_MARK_LEN, GENERATION_MARK);
+    if (generate_end == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not found generation mark in cmeta.h\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    FILE* output_file = fopen(output_path, "wb");
+    if (!output_file) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not write to %s: %s\n", output_path, strerror(errno));
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    FILE* stream = output_file;
+
+    // write up to the generation mark, including it
+    fwrite(header_content, generate_begin + GENERATION_MARK_LEN - header_content, 1, stream);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < struct_infos.count; i += 1) {
+        generate_struct_info(stream, struct_infos.items[i]);
+    }
+
+    fwrite(generate_end, strlen(generate_end), 1, stream);
+
+    result = true;
+fail:
+    free(header_content);
+    if (output_file) fclose(output_file);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool preprocess_file(const char* file_path, String_Builder* result) {
+    char command[256] = {0};
+    sprintf(command, "gcc -E %s", file_path);
+
+    FILE* fp = popen(command, "r");
+    if (fp == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Failed to run command: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    char line[512];
+    size_t line_num = 0;
+    char file_name[512];
+
+    size_t cursor = 0;
+    result->length = 0;
+
+    bool collecting_content = false;
+
+    while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL) {
+        if (sscanf(line, "# %zu \"%s\"", &line_num, file_name) == 2) {
+            // remove trailing "
+            file_name[strlen(file_name) - 1] = '\0';
+
+            if (strcmp(file_name, file_path) == 0) {
+                collecting_content = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // TODO: read original file at line_num, to check for comments (e.g annotations)
+        } else if(collecting_content) {
+            sb_append(result, line);
+            cursor += strlen(line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pclose(fp);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool process_file(const char* input_file) {
+    // read input file
+    String_Builder input_content = {0};
+    if (!preprocess_file(input_file, &input_content)) return false;
+
+    // init lexer
+    char string_store[1024] = {0};
+    stb_c_lexer_init(&lexer, input_content.data, input_content.data + input_content.length, string_store, sizeof(string_store) / sizeof(char));
+
+    // find and parse all structs
+    Parsed_Struct_Infos struct_infos = {0};
+
+    while (true) {
+        char* mark = lexer.parse_point;
+
+        if (!stb_c_lexer_get_token(&lexer)) break;
+        if (lexer.token == CLEX_id && strcmp(lexer.string, "typedef") == 0) {
+            lexer.parse_point = mark;
+
+            Parsed_Struct_Info struct_info = {0};
+            if (parse_struct(&struct_info)) {
+                da_append(&struct_infos, struct_info);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!generate_output_file(__FILE__, struct_infos)) return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+#endif // CMETA_COMPTIME
+
+#endif // CMETA_H
diff --git a/example/01_simple_struct/main.c b/example/01_simple_struct/main.c
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+++ b/example/01_simple_struct/main.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "cmeta.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    int int_field;
+} Foo_Struct;
+
+int main(void) {
+    printf("Foo_Struct infos:\n");
+    printf("  name = %s\n", foo_struct_info.name);
+    printf("  fields_count = %zu\n", foo_struct_info.fields_count);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < foo_struct_info.fields_count; i += 1) {
+        Field_Info field = foo_struct_info.fields[i];
+        printf("    .%s: %s\n", field.name, field.type);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}