diff --git a/ceph/ceph.go b/ceph/ceph.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02a74c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceph/ceph.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rados"
+)
+
+
+func main() {
+	connection,err := rados.NewConnWithClusterAndUser("ceph","client.admin")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(connection)
+}
diff --git a/ceph/go.mod b/ceph/go.mod
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index 0000000..de7024b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceph/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module main
+
+go 1.24.6
+
+require (
+	github.com/ceph/go-ceph v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/ceph/go.sum b/ceph/go.sum
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index 0000000..b68731a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceph/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+github.com/ceph/go-ceph v0.35.0 h1:wcDUbsjeNJ7OfbWCE7I5prqUL794uXchopw3IvrGQkk=
+github.com/ceph/go-ceph v0.35.0/go.mod h1:ILF8WKhQQ2p2YuX1oWigkmsfT39U8T/HS2NrqxExq2s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
diff --git a/ceph/types.go b/ceph/types.go
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index 0000000..a86bfd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceph/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package main
+
+import "time"
+
+const config = "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf"
+
+type params struct {
+	duration  time.Duration
+	blockSize uint64
+}
diff --git a/flags/flags.go b/flags/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..028ddaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/juju/gnuflag"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	wordPtr := gnuflag.String("word","foo","a string")
+
+	var svar string
+	gnuflag.StringVar(&svar,"svar","bar","a svar string")
+
+	gnuflag.Parse(false)
+
+	fmt.Println("word ", *wordPtr)
+	fmt.Println("svar ",svar)
+}
diff --git a/flags/go.mod b/flags/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed04a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module main
+
+go 1.24.6
+
+require github.com/juju/gnuflag v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/flags/go.sum b/flags/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca8ed93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/juju/gnuflag v1.0.0 h1:E6OmPEi2nqJYanlIw7a+bUF+FDiK3uSBHftRmQi3muQ=
+github.com/juju/gnuflag v1.0.0/go.mod h1:2PavIy+JPciBPrBUjwbNvtwB6RQlve+hkpll6QSNmOE=
diff --git a/flags/main b/flags/main
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