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diff --git a/source/base/base_os.h b/source/base/base_os.h
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+#ifndef BASE_OS_H
+#define BASE_OS_H
+
+internal string8
+load_file(mem_arena *arena, const char *path)
+{
+    string8 result = {0};
+    struct stat sbuf = {0};
+
+    // TODO(nasr): abstract this to a platform layer
+    s32 file = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+    if(file == -1)
+    {
+        warn("fialed to open file. path could be invalid");
+        return (string8){0};
+    }
+
+    if(fstat(file, &sbuf) == -1)
+    {
+        warn("error: fstat failed");
+        close(file);
+        return (string8){0};
+    }
+
+
+    result = PushString(arena, sbuf.st_size);
+
+    result.size = (u64)sbuf.st_size;
+    if(result.size != 0)
+    {
+        result.data = (u8 *)mmap(0, result.size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, file, 0);
+    }
+
+    close(file);
+    return result;
+}
+
+internal string8
+write_file(const char *path, string8 data)
+{
+
+    string8 result = {0};
+    s32 file = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+    if(file == -1)
+    {
+        warn("failed to open file for writing. path could be invalid");
+        return (string8){0};
+    }
+    
+    u64 written = 0;
+    while(written < data.size)
+    {
+        s64 err = write(file, data.data + written, data.size - written);
+        if(err == -1)
+        {
+            warn("write syscall failed");
+            close(file);
+            return (string8){0};
+        }
+        written += err;
+    }
+    
+    close(file);
+    result = data;
+    return result;
+}
+
+#endif /* BASE_OS_H */