diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bd3ab4..e18fba8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-.direnv
-.idea
-.vscode
+/.direnv/
+/.idea/
+/.vscode/
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c9d57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**/*.egg-info/
+/**/__pycache__/
+/.venv/
+/build/
+/dist/
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ddf59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["build==1.2.1", "setuptools==70.0.0"]
+
+[project]
+name = "flowey"
+version = "0.1.0"
+requires-python = "==3.12.3"
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = ["pip-tools==7.4.1"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+flowey = "flowey:main"
+
+[tool.pip-tools]
+all-build-deps = true
+allow-unsafe = true
+annotation-style = "split"
+generate-hashes = true
+strip-extras = true
diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70dddb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --all-build-deps --allow-unsafe --extra=dev --generate-hashes --output-file=requirements-dev.txt --strip-extras
+#
+build==1.2.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:526263f4870c26f26c433545579475377b2b7588b6f1eac76a001e873ae3e19d \
+    --hash=sha256:75e10f767a433d9a86e50d83f418e83efc18ede923ee5ff7df93b6cb0306c5d4
+    # via
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.requires)
+    #   pip-tools
+click==8.1.7 \
+    --hash=sha256:ae74fb96c20a0277a1d615f1e4d73c8414f5a98db8b799a7931d1582f3390c28 \
+    --hash=sha256:ca9853ad459e787e2192211578cc907e7594e294c7ccc834310722b41b9ca6de
+    # via pip-tools
+packaging==24.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:026ed72c8ed3fcce5bf8950572258698927fd1dbda10a5e981cdf0ac37f4f002 \
+    --hash=sha256:5b8f2217dbdbd2f7f384c41c628544e6d52f2d0f53c6d0c3ea61aa5d1d7ff124
+    # via build
+pip-tools==7.4.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:4c690e5fbae2f21e87843e89c26191f0d9454f362d8acdbd695716493ec8b3a9 \
+    --hash=sha256:864826f5073864450e24dbeeb85ce3920cdfb09848a3d69ebf537b521f14bcc9
+    # via flowey (pyproject.toml)
+pyproject-hooks==1.1.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4b37730834edbd6bd37f26ece6b44802fb1c1ee2ece0e54ddff8bfc06db86965 \
+    --hash=sha256:7ceeefe9aec63a1064c18d939bdc3adf2d8aa1988a510afec15151578b232aa2
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
+wheel==0.43.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:465ef92c69fa5c5da2d1cf8ac40559a8c940886afcef87dcf14b9470862f1d85 \
+    --hash=sha256:55c570405f142630c6b9f72fe09d9b67cf1477fcf543ae5b8dcb1f5b7377da81
+    # via
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.backend::editable)
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.backend::wheel)
+    #   pip-tools
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+pip==24.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:ba0d021a166865d2265246961bec0152ff124de910c5cc39f1156ce3fa7c69dc \
+    --hash=sha256:ea9bd1a847e8c5774a5777bb398c19e80bcd4e2aa16a4b301b718fe6f593aba2
+    # via pip-tools
+setuptools==70.0.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:54faa7f2e8d2d11bcd2c07bed282eef1046b5c080d1c32add737d7b5817b1ad4 \
+    --hash=sha256:f211a66637b8fa059bb28183da127d4e86396c991a942b028c6650d4319c3fd0
+    # via
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.requires)
+    #   pip-tools
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d487d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --all-build-deps --allow-unsafe --generate-hashes --strip-extras
+#
+build==1.2.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:526263f4870c26f26c433545579475377b2b7588b6f1eac76a001e873ae3e19d \
+    --hash=sha256:75e10f767a433d9a86e50d83f418e83efc18ede923ee5ff7df93b6cb0306c5d4
+    # via flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.requires)
+packaging==24.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:026ed72c8ed3fcce5bf8950572258698927fd1dbda10a5e981cdf0ac37f4f002 \
+    --hash=sha256:5b8f2217dbdbd2f7f384c41c628544e6d52f2d0f53c6d0c3ea61aa5d1d7ff124
+    # via build
+pyproject-hooks==1.1.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4b37730834edbd6bd37f26ece6b44802fb1c1ee2ece0e54ddff8bfc06db86965 \
+    --hash=sha256:7ceeefe9aec63a1064c18d939bdc3adf2d8aa1988a510afec15151578b232aa2
+    # via build
+wheel==0.43.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:465ef92c69fa5c5da2d1cf8ac40559a8c940886afcef87dcf14b9470862f1d85 \
+    --hash=sha256:55c570405f142630c6b9f72fe09d9b67cf1477fcf543ae5b8dcb1f5b7377da81
+    # via
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.backend::editable)
+    #   flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.backend::wheel)
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+setuptools==70.0.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:54faa7f2e8d2d11bcd2c07bed282eef1046b5c080d1c32add737d7b5817b1ad4 \
+    --hash=sha256:f211a66637b8fa059bb28183da127d4e86396c991a942b028c6650d4319c3fd0
+    # via flowey (pyproject.toml::build-system.requires)
diff --git a/backend/src/flowey/__init__.py b/backend/src/flowey/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b74c6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/flowey/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def main():
+    print("Hello there!")
diff --git a/backend/src/flowey/__main__.py b/backend/src/flowey/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8273c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/flowey/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from . import main
+
+main()
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 059c99d..c9fbe28 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
             nixfmt-rfc-style
 
             nodejs_latest
+
+            python312
           ];
         };
       }
diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index c925c21..3d2bc62 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/dist
-/node_modules
+/dist/
+/node_modules/