diff --git a/serialize.h b/serialize.h
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+#ifndef __SERIALIZE_H
+#define __SERIALIZE_H
+
+#define serialize8(var) { uint8_t buf = (uint8_t)var;   \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, &buf, 1) != 1) { \
+    printf("Failed to write 1 byte\n"); \
+    goto err;				\
+  } \
+}
+
+#define serializeMagic(var) { \
+  printf("Serializing magic '%d'\n", var); \
+  uint8_t buf = var; \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, &buf, 1) != 1) { \
+    printf("Failed to write 1 byte of magic\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define serialize16(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf[2]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >>  8) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var      ) & 0xFF); \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, buf, 2) != 2) { \
+    printf("Failed to write 2 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define serialize32(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf[4]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 24) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 16) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >>  8) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var      ) & 0xFF); \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, buf, 4) != 4) { \
+    printf("Failed to write 4 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define serialize64(var) {			\
+  uint8_t buf[8]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 56) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 48) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 40) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 32) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 24) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >> 16) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var >>  8) & 0xFF); \
+  buf[ptr++] = ((var      ) & 0xFF); \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, buf, 8) != 8) { \
+    printf("Failed to write 8 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define serializeString(s) { \
+  if (g_filemanager->write(fd, s, strlen(s)+1) != strlen(s)+1) { \
+    printf("Failed to write string '%s'\n", s); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define deserialize8(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf; \
+  if (g_filemanager->read(fd, &buf, 1) != 1) { \
+    printf("Failed to deserialize 1 byte\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+  var = buf; \
+}
+
+#define deserializeMagic(expect) {		\
+  uint8_t buf; \
+  printf("Deserializing magic, expecting 0x%X\n", expect); \
+  if (g_filemanager->read(fd, &buf, 1) != 1) { \
+    printf("Failed to deserialize 1 byte of magic\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+  if (buf != expect) { \
+    printf("magic error: 0x%X does not match expected 0x%X\n", buf, expect); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define deserialize16(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf[2]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  if (g_filemanager->read(fd, buf, 2) != 2) { \
+    printf("Failed to deserialize 2 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+  var = buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; }
+
+#define deserialize32(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf[4]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  if (g_filemanager->read(fd, buf, 4) != 4) { \
+    printf("Failed to deserialize 4 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+  var = buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; }
+
+#define deserialize64(var) { \
+  uint8_t buf[8]; \
+  uint8_t ptr = 0; \
+  if (g_filemanager->read(fd, buf, 8) != 8) { \
+    printf("Failed to deserialize 8 bytes\n"); \
+    goto err; \
+  } \
+  var = buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; \
+  var <<= 8; var |= buf[ptr++]; }
+
+#define deserializeString(var) { \
+  uint8_t c; \
+  char *ptr = var; \
+  while (1) { \
+    if (g_filemanager->read(fd, &c, 1) != 1) { \
+      printf("Failed to read string byte\n"); \
+      goto err; \
+    } \
+      printf(". "); \
+    *(ptr++) = c; \
+    if (c == 0) { break; } \
+  } \
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/teensy/serialize.h b/teensy/serialize.h
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c72647a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/teensy/serialize.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../serialize.h
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