diff --git a/src/server/lib/dbfile.ts b/src/server/lib/dbfile.ts
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+import { readFile, writeFile, rename, readdir } from "fs/promises"
+import path from "node:path"
+
+const DATADIR = `./.data`
+const TICK = 500
+
+export type Write = ReturnType<typeof writeFile>
+
+// this is fucking stupid why did i write this
+
+class Activity {
+    
+    _write: () => Promise<any>
+    destroy: () => void
+
+    goal: number = Date.now()
+    lastWrt: number = Date.now()
+    clock? : { type: "precise", id: NodeJS.Timeout } | { type: "tick", id: NodeJS.Timeout, lastGoal: number }
+
+    constructor(writeFunc: () => Promise<any>, destroyFunc: () => void) {
+        this._write = writeFunc
+        this.destroy = destroyFunc
+    }
+
+    write() {
+        this.lastWrt = Date.now();
+        return this._write()
+    }
+
+    finish() {
+        this.stopClock()
+        this.write()
+        this.destroy()
+    }
+
+    tick() {
+        if (!this.clock || !("lastGoal" in this.clock)) return
+        if (Date.now() > this.goal) return this.finish();
+
+        if (this.goal == this.clock.lastGoal)
+            this.startPreciseClock()
+        else if (Date.now()-this.lastWrt < 15000)
+            this.write()
+    }
+
+    stopClock() {
+        if (!this.clock) return
+        else clearTimeout(this.clock.id)
+    }
+
+    startTickClock() {
+        this.stopClock()
+        this.clock = {
+            type: "tick",
+            id: setInterval(this.tick.bind(this), TICK),
+            lastGoal: this.goal
+        }
+    }
+
+    startPreciseClock() {
+        this.stopClock()
+        this.clock = {
+            type: "precise",
+            id: setTimeout(this.finish.bind(this), this.goal-Date.now())
+        }
+    }
+
+    set() {
+        this.goal = Date.now()+5000
+        if (!this.clock || this.clock.type != "precise")
+            this.startPreciseClock()
+    }
+
+}
+
+export default class DbFile<Structure extends ({}|[])> {
+
+    name: string
+    data: Structure
+    activity?: Activity
+
+    private writeInProgress?: Promise<void>
+    private rewriteNeeded: boolean = false
+    private readonly files: string[]
+
+    constructor(name: string, defaultData: Structure) {
+        this.name = name
+        this.data = defaultData
+        this.files = [`${name}.json`, `${name}-b.json`].map(e => path.join(DATADIR, e))
+    }
+
+    private async findAvailable() {
+        return (await readdir(DATADIR))
+            .filter(e => e.match(new RegExp(`^${this.name}(?:-b)?.json$`)))
+            .map(e => path.join(DATADIR, e))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @description Write files to disk; doesn't care about preventing corruption aside from the 2 copies
+     */
+    private async write() {
+        
+        let data = JSON.stringify(this.data)
+        for (let x in this.files)
+            await writeFile(x, data)
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @description Write files to disk; checks if a write is in progress first
+     */
+    private async queueWrite(): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.writeInProgress) { // if write in progress
+            this.rewriteNeeded = true // signify that a rewrite is needed
+            return this.writeInProgress
+        }
+
+        this.writeInProgress = this.write()
+        await this.writeInProgress; // wait for it to complete
+        delete this.writeInProgress; // then remove it
+
+        if (this.rewriteNeeded) return this.queueWrite() // queues up another write if needed
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @description Starts saving data to disk
+     */
+    async save() {
+        if (!this.activity)
+            this.activity =
+                new Activity(
+                    this.queueWrite.bind(this),
+                    () => delete this.activity
+                )
+        
+        this.activity.set()
+    }
+
+    private async tryRead(path: string) {
+        return JSON.parse(readFile(path).toString())
+    }
+
+    async read() {
+        let availFiles = await this.findAvailable()
+        for (let x in availFiles) {
+            let data = await this.tryRead(x).catch(e => null)
+            if (data !== null) {
+                this.data = data
+                break
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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