diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
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+* make sure you have `nasm` (duh !)
+
+```bash
+make
+./bin/asmatrix
+```
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.asm"
+      - ".github/workflows/ci.yml"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "**.asm"
+      - ".github/workflows/ci.yml"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # https://github.com/actions/runner-images?tab=readme-ov-file#available-images
+        os: [macos-latest, macos-15-intel, ubuntu-slim]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install NASM on macOS
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: brew install nasm
+
+      - name: Install NASM on Linux
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y nasm libncurses-dev
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: make
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+bin
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: detect-private-key
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+BIN := bin
+TARGET := $(BIN)/asmatrix
+OBJ := $(BIN)/asmatrix.o
+
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+    # macOS
+    ASM_FORMAT := macho64
+    ASM_FLAGS := --prefix _ -DMACOS
+    LDFLAGS := -arch x86_64
+    LDLIBS := -lncurses
+else ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
+    # Windows (MinGW)
+    ASM_FORMAT := elf64
+    ASM_FLAGS := -DWINDOWS
+    LDFLAGS := -no-pie
+    LDLIBS := -lpdcurses
+else
+    # Linux
+    ASM_FORMAT := elf64
+    ASM_FLAGS :=
+    LDFLAGS := -no-pie
+    LDLIBS := -lncurses
+endif
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGET): $(OBJ)
+	gcc $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $(TARGET) $(LDLIBS)
+
+$(OBJ): asmatrix.asm
+	mkdir -p $(BIN)
+	nasm -f $(ASM_FORMAT) $(ASM_FLAGS) asmatrix.asm -o $(OBJ)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BIN)
diff --git a/asmatrix.asm b/asmatrix.asm
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+global main
+
+; imports
+extern initscr
+extern cbreak
+extern noecho
+extern printw
+extern refresh
+extern getch
+extern endwin
+extern keypad
+extern stdscr
+
+section .data
+    ; msg = ["a", "s", "s", "\n" (10), "\0" (0)]
+    msg db "ass", 10, 0
+
+section .text
+default rel
+
+main:
+    ; stack alignment
+    sub rsp, 8
+
+    ; initialise the screen
+    call initscr
+    call cbreak
+    call noecho
+
+    ; keypad (stdscr, TRUE)
+%ifdef MACOS
+    mov rdi, [stdscr wrt ..gotpcrel]
+    mov rdi, [rdi]
+%else
+    mov rdi, [stdscr]
+%endif
+    mov esi, 1
+    call keypad
+
+    ; load address of msg
+    lea rdi, [msg]
+
+    ; since printw is a variadic function,
+    ; we must declare number of registers used.
+    ; xor eax, eax := 0 since we are using
+    ; printw with 0 arguments
+    xor eax, eax
+    call printw
+    call refresh
+    call getch
+    call endwin
+
+    ; restore stack pointer
+    add rsp, 8
+    xor eax, eax
+    ret