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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/avers.cabal b/avers.cabal
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/avers.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name:                avers
+version:             0.0.1
+license:             GPL-3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Tomas Carnecky
+maintainer:          tomas.carnecky@gmail.com
+category:            Avers
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >= 1.10
+
+synopsis:            empty
+description:         empty
+
+
+library
+    hs-source-dirs:   src
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+
+    ghc-options:
+        -threaded -Wall
+
+
+    -- For the time being everything is exported.
+    exposed-modules:
+        Avers
+      , Avers.Metrics
+      , Avers.Patching
+      , Avers.Storage
+      , Avers.Storage.Backend
+      , Avers.Storage.Expressions
+      , Avers.TH
+      , Avers.Types
+      , Avers.Views
+
+
+    -- Standard dependencies, stuff that is or should be in the platform.
+    build-depends:
+        aeson
+      , attoparsec
+      , base <= 9999
+      , bytestring
+      , containers
+      , mtl
+      , network
+      , stm
+      , template-haskell
+      , text
+      , time
+      , unordered-containers
+      , vector
+
+    -- More exotic dependencies which people may not immediately recognize.
+    build-depends:
+        MonadRandom
+      , base16-bytestring
+      , cryptohash
+      , inflections
+      , influxdb
+      , resource-pool
+      , rethinkdb-client-driver >= 0.0.11
+      , scrypt
diff --git a/src/Avers.hs b/src/Avers.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-}
+
+module Avers
+  (
+    -- * The Avers Monad
+    Avers
+  , evalAvers
+
+    -- * Types
+  , Path(..)
+  , Pk(..)
+
+  , ObjId(..)
+  , rootObjId
+
+  , RevId(..)
+  , zeroRevId
+
+  , ObjectId(..)
+  , Operation(..)
+
+    -- * Object
+  , Object(..)
+  , exists
+  , createObject
+  , lookupObject
+  , deleteObject
+  , pruneObject
+  , objectsOfType
+  , allObjectsOfType
+
+    -- * Patch
+  , Patch(..)
+  , PatchError(..)
+  , lookupPatch
+
+    -- * Snapshot
+  , Snapshot(..)
+  , lookupLatestSnapshot
+  , objectContent
+
+    -- * Release
+  , Release(..)
+  , lookupRelease
+  , createRelease
+  , lookupLatestRelease
+
+    -- * Patching
+  , resolvePathIn
+
+    -- * Session
+  , SessionId(..)
+  , Session(..)
+  , saveSession
+  , lookupSession
+  , dropSession
+
+  , ObjectType(..)
+  , SomeObjectType(..)
+  , lookupObjectType
+
+  , AversError(..)
+  , AversConfig(..)
+  , AversState
+  , newState
+  , strErr
+  , parseValueAs
+
+    -- * Blob
+  , BlobId(..)
+  , Blob(..)
+  , createBlob
+  , lookupBlob
+
+    -- * Secret
+  , SecretId(..)
+  , Secret(..)
+  , updateSecret
+  , verifySecret
+
+  , applyObjectUpdates
+  , runQuery
+  , runQueryCollect
+  , parseValue
+  , parseDatum
+  , newId
+
+  , objectsTable
+  , blobsTable
+
+  , validateObject
+
+    -- * Views
+  , View(..)
+  , SomeView(..)
+  , viewTable
+  , updateView
+
+  ) where
+
+
+
+import Avers.Patching
+import Avers.Storage
+import Avers.Storage.Backend
+import Avers.Types
+import Avers.Views
diff --git a/src/Avers/Metrics.hs b/src/Avers/Metrics.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Metrics.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
+
+module Avers.Metrics where
+
+import           Control.Concurrent
+import           Control.Monad.State
+
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+
+import           Network.BSD
+
+import           Database.InfluxDB
+import           Database.InfluxDB.TH
+
+import           Avers.Types
+
+
+data Point = Point
+    { pointMachine   :: String
+    , pointComponent :: Text
+    , pointValue     :: Double
+    }
+
+
+reportPoint :: Text -> Double -> Avers ()
+reportPoint series value = do
+    ac <- gets config
+    case influxConfig ac of
+        Nothing -> return ()
+        Just cfg -> void $ liftIO $ forkIO $ do
+            h <- getHostName
+            postWithPrecision cfg "rmx" SecondsPrecision $ withSeries series $ do
+                writePoints $ Point h "api" value
+
+
+deriveSeriesData defaultOptions
+  { fieldLabelModifier = stripPrefixLower "point" }
+  ''Point
diff --git a/src/Avers/Patching.hs b/src/Avers/Patching.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Patching.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module Avers.Patching
+    ( applyOperation
+    , opOT
+    , rebaseOperation
+    , resolvePathIn
+    ) where
+
+
+import           Data.Monoid
+
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+
+import qualified Data.Vector         as V
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as M
+
+import           Data.Aeson
+import           Data.Aeson.Types
+
+import           Avers.Types (Patch(..), Path(..), Operation(..), PatchM, PatchError(..))
+
+import           Control.Monad
+
+
+-- | Apply the given op on the value. Can throw an exception if the operation
+--   is invalid.
+applyOperation :: Value -> Operation -> PatchM Value
+applyOperation value Set{..} = changeObject value opPath $ \key ->
+    maybe (M.delete key) (M.insert key) opValue
+
+applyOperation value Splice{..} = changeArray value opPath $ \a -> do
+
+    -- Check if the indices are within the allowed range.
+    when (V.length a < opIndex + opRemove) $
+        Left $ UnknownPatchError $ mconcat
+            [ "Index out of range ("
+            , T.pack (show $ V.length a)
+            , ","
+            , T.pack (show opIndex)
+            , ","
+            , T.pack (show opRemove)
+            , ")"
+            ]
+
+    -- The existing array and the elements we want to insert must match
+    -- structurally (have the same type). Furthermore, if the array consists
+    -- of objects, each object is required to have an "id" field.
+    unless (isStructurallyEquivalent opInsert a) $
+        Left $ UnknownPatchError "Array doesn't match structure"
+
+    return $ V.take opIndex a V.++ V.fromList opInsert V.++ V.drop (opIndex + opRemove) a
+
+  where
+    isStructurallyEquivalent :: [Value] -> V.Vector Value -> Bool
+    isStructurallyEquivalent a b = strings a b || validObjects a b
+
+    strings      a b = all isString    a && V.all isString    b
+    validObjects a b = all hasObjectId a && V.all hasObjectId b
+
+
+isString :: Value -> Bool
+isString (String _) = True
+isString _          = False
+
+hasObjectId :: Value -> Bool
+hasObjectId (Object o) = M.member "id" o
+hasObjectId _          = False
+
+pathElements :: Path -> [Text]
+pathElements = T.split ('.' ==) . unPath
+
+changeObject :: Value -> Path -> (Text -> Object -> Object) -> PatchM Value
+changeObject value path f = changeObjectAt value (init (pathElements path)) $ \x ->
+    case x of
+        Object o -> Right $ Object $ f (last (pathElements path)) o
+        _        -> Left $ UnknownPatchError "Can not change a non-object"
+
+changeArray :: Value -> Path -> (Array -> PatchM Array) -> PatchM Value
+changeArray value path f = changeObjectAt value (pathElements path) $ \x ->
+    case x of
+        Array a -> fmap Array $ f a
+        _       -> Left $ UnknownPatchError "Can not change a non-array"
+
+
+changeObjectAt :: Value -> [Text] -> (Value -> PatchM Value) -> PatchM Value
+changeObjectAt container [] f = f container
+
+changeObjectAt (Object o) (x:xs) f =
+    case parse (const $ o .: x) o of
+        Error   _ -> Left $ UnknownPatchError $ "Key '" <> T.pack (show x) <> "' does not exist inside the object"
+        Success a -> do
+            new <- changeObjectAt a xs f
+            return $ Object $ M.insert x new o
+
+
+changeObjectAt (Array a) (x:xs) f =
+    case V.findIndex (matchObjectId x) a of
+        Nothing    -> Left $ UnknownPatchError $ "Can not find item with id " <> T.pack (show x) <> " in the array"
+        Just index -> do
+            new <- changeObjectAt (a V.! index) xs f
+            return $ Array $ a V.// [(index, new)]
+
+changeObjectAt _ _ _ = Left $ UnknownPatchError "Can not descend into primitive values"
+
+
+matchObjectId :: Text -> Value -> Bool
+matchObjectId itemId (Object o) = Just (String itemId) == M.lookup "id" o
+matchObjectId _      _          = False
+
+
+
+-- | Resolve the path in the object.
+resolvePathIn :: Path -> Value -> Maybe Value
+resolvePathIn path = go (pathElements path)
+  where
+    go []     value      = Just value
+    go [""]   value      = Just value
+
+    go (x:xs) (Object o) =
+        case parse (const $ o .: x) o of
+            Error   _ -> Nothing
+            Success a -> go xs a
+
+    go (x:xs) (Array a)  =
+        maybe Nothing (go xs) $ V.find (matchObjectId x) a
+
+    go _      _          = Nothing
+
+
+
+-- Set (foo)        -> Set (foo)        = ok
+-- Set (foo)        -> Set (foo.bar)    = drop
+-- Set (foo.bar)    -> Set (foo)        = ok
+-- Set (foo)        -> Set (bar)        = ok
+--
+-- Set (foo)        -> Splice (foo)     = drop
+-- Set (foo)        -> Splice (foo.bar) = drop
+-- Set (foo.bar)    -> Splice (foo)     = ok
+-- Set (foo)        -> Splice (bar)     = ok
+--
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Set (foo)        = ok
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Set (foo.bar)    = ok if foo.bar exists
+-- Splice (foo.bar) -> Set (foo)        = ok
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Set (bar)        = ok
+--
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Splice (foo)     = drop -- todo: ok (adjust)
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Splice (foo.bar) = ok if foo.bar exists
+-- Splice (foo.bar) -> Splice (foo)     = ok
+-- Splice (foo)     -> Splice (bar)     = ok
+
+opOT :: Value -> Operation -> Operation -> Maybe Operation
+opOT content base op
+
+    -- Duplicate ops are dropped.
+    | base == op = Nothing
+
+    -- If neither is a prefix of the other (they touch distinct parts of the
+    -- object) then it's safe to accept the op.
+    | not ((opPath base `isPrefixOf` opPath op) || (opPath op `isPrefixOf` opPath base)) =
+        Just op
+
+    | otherwise = case base of
+        Set{..}    -> setOT opPath
+        Splice{..} -> spliceOT opPath
+
+  where
+    setOT path = case op of
+        Set{..} -- Set -> Set
+            | path == opPath             -> Just op
+            | path `isPrefixOf` opPath   -> Nothing
+            | otherwise                  -> Just op
+
+        Splice{..} -- Set -> Splice
+            | path == opPath             -> Nothing
+            | path `isPrefixOf` opPath   -> Nothing
+            | otherwise                  -> Just op
+
+    spliceOT path = case op of
+        Set{..} -- Splice -> Set
+            | path == opPath             -> Just op
+            | path `isPrefixOf` opPath   -> onlyIfPresent opPath
+            | otherwise                  -> Just op
+
+        Splice{..} -- Splice -> Splice
+            | path == opPath             -> spliceOnSplice base op
+            | path `isPrefixOf` opPath   -> onlyIfPresent opPath
+            | otherwise                  -> Nothing
+
+    onlyIfPresent path = case resolvePathIn path content of
+        Nothing -> Nothing
+        Just _  -> Just op
+
+    (Path a) `isPrefixOf` (Path b) = a `T.isPrefixOf` b
+
+    -- Both ops are 'Splice' on the same path.
+    spliceOnSplice op1 op2
+        | opIndex op1 + opRemove op1 <= opIndex op2
+            = Just $ op2 { opIndex = opIndex op2 + (length $ opInsert op1) - opRemove op2 }
+
+        | opIndex op2 + opRemove op2 < opIndex op1
+            = Just op2
+
+        | otherwise = Nothing
+
+
+
+-- | Given an 'Operation' which was created against a particular 'Value'
+-- (content), rebase it on top of patches which were created against the very
+-- same content in parallel.
+--
+-- This function assumes that the patches apply cleanly to the content.
+-- Failure to do so results in a fatal error.
+
+rebaseOperation :: Value -> Operation -> [Patch] -> Maybe Operation
+rebaseOperation _       op []     = Just op
+rebaseOperation content op (x:xs) = case applyOperation content (patchOperation x) of
+    Left e -> error $ "Unexpected failure: " ++ (show e)
+    Right newContent -> case opOT newContent (patchOperation x) op of
+        Nothing  -> Nothing
+        Just op' -> rebaseOperation newContent op' xs
diff --git a/src/Avers/Storage.hs b/src/Avers/Storage.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Storage.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,608 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell     #-}
+
+{-|
+
+This module abstracts the storage engine and provides functions to
+manipulate objects stored in it.
+
+-}
+
+module Avers.Storage where
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+import           Control.Concurrent.STM
+
+import           Control.Monad.Random (getRandomR, evalRandIO)
+import           Control.Monad.State
+import           Control.Monad.Except
+
+import           Data.Char
+import           Data.Monoid
+import           Data.Maybe
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy   as BL
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Base16 as BS16
+
+import           Data.Vector        (Vector)
+import qualified Data.Vector        as V
+
+import           Data.Text          (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text          as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
+
+import qualified Data.Map           as M
+
+import           Data.Time
+import           Data.List (find)
+import           Data.Aeson (Value)
+import           Data.Aeson.Types (emptyObject)
+
+import qualified Crypto.Hash.SHA3 as SHA3
+
+import qualified Database.RethinkDB as R
+
+import           Crypto.Scrypt
+
+import           Avers.Metrics
+import           Avers.Types
+import           Avers.Patching
+import           Avers.TH
+import           Avers.Views
+
+import           Avers.Storage.Backend
+import           Avers.Storage.Expressions
+
+
+requireResult :: AversError -> Maybe a -> Avers a
+requireResult err Nothing  = throwError err
+requireResult _   (Just v) = return v
+
+
+-- All the tables which this storage engine uses.
+objectsTable, sessionsTable, snapshotsTable, patchesTable, secretsTable, blobsTable :: R.Exp R.Table
+blobsTable     = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("blobs" :: Text)
+objectsTable   = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("objects" :: Text)
+patchesTable   = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("patches" :: Text)
+secretsTable   = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("secrets" :: Text)
+sessionsTable  = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("sessions" :: Text)
+snapshotsTable = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift ("snapshots" :: Text)
+
+
+trace :: String -> Avers a -> Avers a
+trace label act = do
+    start <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
+    ret <- act
+    end <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
+
+    reportPoint
+        ("avers.storage." <> (T.pack label) <> ".duration")
+        (realToFrac $ diffUTCTime end start)
+
+    return ret
+
+
+-- | True if the object exists.
+exists :: ObjId -> Avers Bool
+exists objId = trace "exists" $
+    existsDocument objectsTable (BaseObjectId objId)
+
+
+-- | Lookup an 'Object' by its 'ObjId'. Throws 'ObjectNotFound' if the object
+-- doesn't exist.
+lookupObject :: ObjId -> Avers Object
+lookupObject objId = trace "lookupObject" $ do
+    mbObject <- lookupDocument objectsTable (BaseObjectId objId)
+    requireResult (ObjectNotFound objId) mbObject
+
+
+-- | Create a new object of the given type. An initial snapshot ('RevId' 0)
+-- is created from the supplied content.
+createObject :: (ToJSON a) => ObjectType a -> ObjId -> a -> Avers ObjId
+createObject ot@ObjectType{..} createdBy content = do
+    objId <- otId
+    now   <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
+
+    let object   = Object objId otType now createdBy Nothing
+        boId     = BaseObjectId objId
+        snapshot = Snapshot boId zeroRevId (toJSON content)
+
+    insertDocument objectsTable object
+    insertDocument snapshotsTable snapshot
+
+    updateObjectViews ot objId (Just content)
+
+    return objId
+
+
+-- | Mark the object as deleted.
+deleteObject :: ObjId -> Avers ()
+deleteObject objId = do
+    obj <- lookupObject objId
+    upsertDocument objectsTable (obj { objectDeleted = Just True })
+
+    SomeObjectType objType <- lookupObjectType (objectType obj)
+    updateObjectViews objType objId Nothing
+
+
+
+-- | Prune the object from the database. This is only allowed if the object is
+-- marked as deleted. Note that this is a very dangerous operation, it can not
+-- be undone.
+pruneObject :: ObjId -> Avers ()
+pruneObject objId = do
+    obj <- lookupObject objId
+    SomeObjectType objType <- lookupObjectType (objectType obj)
+
+    unless (objectDeleted obj == Just True) $
+        strErr $ "pruneObject: object " ++ show objId ++ " is not deleted"
+
+    -- Drop all related patches. Note that there will never be a patch with
+    -- revision zero, so it's safe to use 'patchesAfterRevision'.
+    patches <- patchesAfterRevision (BaseObjectId objId) zeroRevId
+    void $ mapM (deleteDocument patchesTable) patches
+
+    -- Drop all related snapshots.
+    snapshotDatums <- runQueryCollect $
+        R.BetweenIndexed
+            "objectSnapshotSequence"
+            ( R.Closed $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral (0 :: Int)]
+            , R.Open $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral (99999999 :: Int)]
+            )
+
+        snapshotsTable
+    snapshots <- V.mapM parseDatum snapshotDatums :: Avers (Vector Snapshot)
+    void $ V.mapM (deleteDocument snapshotsTable) snapshots
+
+    -- Remove related entries from all views.
+    forM_ (otViews objType) $ \(SomeView view) -> do
+        deleteDocument (viewTable view) objId
+
+    -- Drop the object itself.
+    void $ deleteDocument objectsTable objId
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Fetch the content of the object and try to parse it.
+--
+-- This function will fail with a 'ParseError' if the content can not be
+-- decoded into the desired type.
+
+objectContent :: (FromJSON a) => ObjectId -> Avers a
+objectContent objId = do
+    Snapshot{..} <- lookupLatestSnapshot objId
+    parseValue snapshotContent
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Get the snapshot of the newest revision of the given object.
+
+lookupLatestSnapshot :: ObjectId -> Avers Snapshot
+lookupLatestSnapshot objId = trace "lookupLatestSnapshot" $ do
+    snapshot <- newestSnapshot objId
+    patches  <- patchesAfterRevision objId (snapshotRevisionId snapshot)
+    applyPatches snapshot patches
+
+
+-- TODO: Verify that the patch is applicable to the snapshot, ie.
+--   snapshot revId == patch revId + 1
+applyPatchToSnapshot :: Snapshot -> Patch -> Avers Snapshot
+applyPatchToSnapshot snapshot@Snapshot{..} Patch{..} =
+    case applyOperation snapshotContent patchOperation of
+        Left  e -> patchError e
+        Right v -> return $ snapshot { snapshotContent    = v
+                                     , snapshotRevisionId = patchRevisionId
+                                     }
+
+
+applyPatches :: Snapshot -> [Patch] -> Avers Snapshot
+applyPatches snapshot patches =
+    foldM applyPatchToSnapshot snapshot patches
+
+
+lookupRecentRevision :: ObjectId -> Avers (Maybe RevId)
+lookupRecentRevision objId = do
+    m <- liftIO . atomically . readTVar =<< gets recentRevisionCache
+    return $ M.lookup objId m
+
+updateRecentRevision :: ObjectId -> RevId -> Avers ()
+updateRecentRevision objId revId = do
+    cache <- gets recentRevisionCache
+    liftIO $ atomically $ modifyTVar' cache $
+        M.insertWith max objId revId
+
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Get the newest snapshot which is stored in the database. The object may
+-- be at a higher revision if the later snapshots are missing from the
+-- database.
+--
+-- This is an internal function. If you want the latest snapshot, you should
+-- use 'lookupLatestSnapshot'.
+
+newestSnapshot :: ObjectId -> Avers Snapshot
+newestSnapshot objId = trace "newestSnapshot" $ do
+    (RevId revId) <- fromMaybe zeroRevId <$> lookupRecentRevision objId
+    snapshot <- runQueryDatum $ headE $
+        R.OrderByIndexed (R.Descending "objectSnapshotSequence") $
+        R.BetweenIndexed "objectSnapshotSequence" ((lowerBound revId), upperBound) $
+        snapshotsTable
+
+    updateRecentRevision objId (snapshotRevisionId snapshot)
+    return snapshot
+
+  where
+    lowerBound revId = R.Closed $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral revId]
+    upperBound = R.Open $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral (99999999 :: Int)]
+
+
+
+lookupSnapshot :: ObjectId -> RevId -> Avers Snapshot
+lookupSnapshot objId (RevId revId) = trace "lookupSnapshot" $ do
+    snapshot <- runQueryDatum $ headE $
+        R.OrderByIndexed (R.Descending "objectSnapshotSequence") $
+        R.BetweenIndexed "objectSnapshotSequence" (lowerBound, upperBound) $
+        snapshotsTable
+
+    -- Get all patches which we need to apply on top of the snapshot to
+    -- arrive at the desired revision.
+    patches0 <- patchesAfterRevision objId (snapshotRevisionId snapshot)
+    let patches = filter (\Patch{..} -> patchRevisionId <= RevId revId) patches0
+
+    foldM applyPatchToSnapshot snapshot patches
+
+  where
+    lowerBound = R.Closed $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number 0]
+    upperBound = R.Closed $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral revId]
+
+
+
+savePatch :: Patch -> Avers ()
+savePatch = insertDocument patchesTable
+
+saveSnapshot :: Snapshot -> Avers ()
+saveSnapshot = insertDocument snapshotsTable
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Update the secret value. If a secret with the given 'SecretId' does not
+-- exist yet, one will be created (IOW this function has upsert semantics).
+
+updateSecret :: SecretId -> Text -> Avers ()
+updateSecret secId secret = do
+    ep <- liftIO $ encryptPassIO defaultParams (Pass $ T.encodeUtf8 secret)
+    saveSecretValue secId ep
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Verify the value against the secret. If that fails, then this function
+-- throws an error.
+--
+-- This function automatically updates the secret in the database if the
+-- scrypt params have changed.
+
+verifySecret :: SecretId -> Text -> Avers ()
+verifySecret secId secret = do
+    Secret{..} <- requireResult (DocumentNotFound $ toPk secId) =<<
+        lookupDocument secretsTable secId
+
+    let ep        = EncryptedPass $ T.encodeUtf8 secretValue
+    let (ok, new) = verifyPass defaultParams (Pass $ T.encodeUtf8 secret) ep
+
+    -- If the secret doens't match, return NotFound
+    when (not ok) $ strErr $ "Not Found"
+
+    -- Update the database if we got a new value from the verify step. This
+    -- is the case when the scrypt params have changed. See documentation of
+    -- 'verifyPass'.
+    maybe (return ()) (saveSecretValue secId) new
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Internal function which actually saves a secret in the database.
+
+saveSecretValue :: SecretId -> EncryptedPass -> Avers ()
+saveSecretValue secId (EncryptedPass x) = do
+   upsertDocument secretsTable $ Secret secId $ T.decodeUtf8 x
+
+
+
+
+patchesAfterRevision :: ObjectId -> RevId -> Avers [Patch]
+patchesAfterRevision objId (RevId revId) = trace "patchesAfterRevision" $ do
+    res <- runQuery $
+        R.OrderBy [R.Ascending "revisionId"] $
+        R.BetweenIndexed "objectPatchSequence" (lowerBound, upperBound) $
+        patchesTable
+
+    V.toList <$> V.mapM parseDatum res
+
+  where
+    lowerBound = R.Open $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral revId]
+    upperBound = R.Open $ R.Array $ V.fromList [R.String $ toPk objId, R.Number $ fromIntegral (revId + 999999)]
+
+
+lookupPatch :: ObjectId -> RevId -> Avers Patch
+lookupPatch objId revId = trace "lookupPatch" $ do
+    runQuerySingleSelection $ R.Get patchesTable $ R.lift $
+        toPk objId <> "@" <> toPk revId
+
+
+
+-- | Lookup an object type which is registered in the Avers monad.
+lookupObjectType :: Text -> Avers SomeObjectType
+lookupObjectType objType = do
+    types <- objectTypes <$> gets config
+    case find (\(SomeObjectType ObjectType{..}) -> otType == objType) types of
+        Nothing -> throwError $ UnknownObjectType objType
+        Just x  -> return x
+
+
+
+applyObjectUpdates
+    :: ObjectId    -- ^ The object which you want to update
+    -> RevId       -- ^ The 'RevId' against which the operations were created
+    -> ObjId       -- ^ Committer
+    -> [Operation] -- ^ The operations to apply
+    -> Bool        -- ^ True if validation should be skipped
+    -> Avers ([Patch], Int, [Patch])
+
+applyObjectUpdates objId revId committerId ops novalidate = trace "applyObjectUpdates" $ do
+    -- First check that the object exists. We'll need its metadata later.
+    obj <- lookupObject baseObjId
+    SomeObjectType ot <- lookupObjectType (objectType obj)
+
+    -- The 'Snapshot' against which the submitted operations were created.
+    baseSnapshot <- lookupSnapshot objId revId
+
+    -- If there are any patches which the client doesn't know about we need
+    -- to let her know.
+    previousPatches <- patchesAfterRevision objId revId
+
+    latestSnapshot <- applyPatches baseSnapshot previousPatches
+
+    -- Apply the operations and get the final snapshot.
+    (Snapshot{..}, PatchState{..}) <- runStateT (patchHandler novalidate) $
+        PatchState ot objId revId committerId ops 0
+            baseSnapshot latestSnapshot previousPatches []
+
+    -- Update object views.
+    unless novalidate $ do
+        content <- parseValue snapshotContent
+        updateObjectViews ot baseObjId (Just content)
+
+    return (previousPatches, psNumConsumedOperations, psPatches)
+
+  where
+    baseObjId = objectIdBase objId
+
+
+
+data PatchState a = PatchState
+  { psObjectType            :: ObjectType a
+  , psObjectId              :: ObjectId
+  , psRevisionId            :: RevId
+  , psCommitterId           :: ObjId
+  , psOperations            :: [ Operation ]
+  , psNumConsumedOperations :: Int
+  , psBaseSnapshot          :: Snapshot
+  , psLatestSnapshot        :: Snapshot
+  , psPreviousPatches       :: [ Patch ]
+  , psPatches               :: [ Patch ]
+  }
+
+
+type AversPatch a b = StateT (PatchState a) Avers b
+
+
+patchHandler :: (FromJSON a) => Bool -> AversPatch a Snapshot
+patchHandler novalidate = do
+    PatchState{..} <- get
+    foldM (saveOperation $ snapshotContent psBaseSnapshot)
+        psLatestSnapshot psOperations
+
+  where
+
+    saveOperation baseContent snapshot@Snapshot{..} op = do
+        PatchState{..} <- get
+
+        case rebaseOperation baseContent op psPreviousPatches of
+            Nothing -> return snapshot
+            Just op' -> do
+                now <- liftIO $ getCurrentTime
+
+                let revId = succ snapshotRevisionId
+                    patch = Patch psObjectId revId psCommitterId now op'
+
+                case applyOperation snapshotContent op' of
+                    Left e -> error $ "Failure: " ++ (show e)
+                    Right newContent
+                        | newContent /= snapshotContent -> do
+                            unless novalidate $ do
+                                lift $ validateWithType psObjectType newContent
+
+                            let newSnapshot = snapshot { snapshotContent    = newContent
+                                                       , snapshotRevisionId = revId
+                                                       }
+
+                            -- Now we know that the patch can be applied cleanly, so
+                            -- we can save it in the database.
+                            lift $ savePatch patch
+
+                            modify $ \s -> s
+                                { psPatches = psPatches ++ [patch]
+                                , psNumConsumedOperations = psNumConsumedOperations + 1
+                                }
+
+                            lift $ saveSnapshot newSnapshot
+                            return newSnapshot
+                        | otherwise -> return snapshot
+
+
+existsBlob :: BlobId -> Avers Bool
+existsBlob = existsDocument blobsTable
+
+lookupBlob :: BlobId -> Avers Blob
+lookupBlob bId = lookupDocument blobsTable bId >>=
+    requireResult (DocumentNotFound $ toPk bId)
+
+insertBlob :: Blob -> Avers ()
+insertBlob = insertDocument blobsTable
+
+saveBlobContent :: Blob -> BL.ByteString -> Avers ()
+saveBlobContent Blob{..} content = do
+    cfg <- gets config
+    liftIO $ (putBlob cfg) blobId blobContentType content
+
+
+saveSession :: Session -> Avers ()
+saveSession = insertDocument sessionsTable
+
+lookupSession :: SessionId -> Avers Session
+lookupSession sessId = lookupDocument sessionsTable sessId >>=
+    requireResult (DocumentNotFound $ toPk sessId)
+
+dropSession :: SessionId -> Avers ()
+dropSession sessId = void $ deleteDocument sessionsTable sessId
+
+
+
+newId :: Int -> IO Text
+newId n = T.pack <$> take n <$> randomAlphanumericSequence
+  where
+    randomAlphanumericSequence :: IO String
+    randomAlphanumericSequence = map alnum <$>
+        evalRandIO (sequence $ repeat $ getRandomR (0, 61))
+
+    alnum :: Int -> Char
+    alnum x
+        | x < 26 = chr ((x     ) + 65)
+        | x < 52 = chr ((x - 26) + 97)
+        | x < 62 = chr ((x - 52) + 48)
+        | otherwise = error $ "Out of range: " ++ show x
+
+
+validateObject :: Text -> Value -> Avers ()
+validateObject objType value = do
+    (SomeObjectType ot) <- lookupObjectType objType
+    validateWithType ot value
+
+validateWithType :: (FromJSON a) => ObjectType a -> Value -> Avers ()
+validateWithType ot value = case parseValueAs ot value of
+    Left e  -> throwError e
+    Right _ -> return ()
+
+
+lookupRelease :: ObjId -> RevId -> Avers Release
+lookupRelease objId revId = objectContent (ReleaseObjectId objId revId)
+
+
+-- | Create a new release of the given revision. If the object doesn't exist,
+-- it will fail with 'ObjectNotFound'.
+createRelease :: ObjId -> RevId -> Avers ()
+createRelease objId revId = do
+    -- The object must exist.
+    objectExists <- exists objId
+    unless objectExists $ throwError (ObjectNotFound objId)
+
+    -- The release objects are not patchable at the moment. If one already
+    -- exists, then there is nothing to do. Otherwise create the initial
+    -- snapshot with empty content.
+    exists' <- existsDocument snapshotsTable (toPk snapshot)
+    unless exists' $ insertDocument snapshotsTable snapshot
+
+  where
+    objectId = ReleaseObjectId objId revId
+    snapshot = Snapshot objectId zeroRevId emptyObject
+
+
+lookupLatestRelease :: ObjId -> Avers (Maybe RevId)
+lookupLatestRelease objId = do
+    let match = R.lift $ "^" <> toPk objId <> "/release/"
+
+        predicate :: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp Bool
+        predicate x = R.Coerce
+            (R.Match (objectFieldE "objectId" x) match)
+            (R.lift ("bool"::Text))
+
+    oId <- runQueryDatum $
+        (objectFieldE "objectId" :: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp R.Datum) $
+        headE $
+        R.OrderBy [R.Descending "objectId"] $
+        R.Filter predicate snapshotsTable
+
+    case oId of
+        ReleaseObjectId objId1 revId -> do
+            when (objId /= objId1) $ databaseError "lookupLatestRelease: objId do not match"
+            return $ Just revId
+
+        _ -> return Nothing
+
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Blobs
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+createBlob :: BL.ByteString -> Text -> Avers Blob
+createBlob body contentType = do
+    -- Only create the blob if it doesn't already exist. That way we can
+    -- avoid having to upload the blob to the storage.
+    ex <- existsBlob (blobId blob)
+    unless ex $ do
+        saveBlobContent blob body
+        insertBlob blob
+
+    return blob
+
+  where
+    size = fromIntegral $ BL.length body
+    hash = BS16.encode $ SHA3.hashlazy 256 body
+    blob = Blob (BlobId $ T.decodeUtf8 hash) size contentType
+
+
+objectsOfType :: ObjectType a -> Avers (Vector ObjId)
+objectsOfType objType = do
+    let predicate :: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp Bool
+        predicate = objectFieldEqE "type" (otType objType)
+
+    res <- runQueryCollect $
+        R.Map mapId $
+        R.OrderBy [R.Descending "createdAt", R.Ascending "id"] $
+        R.Filter isNotDeleted $
+        R.Filter predicate objectsTable
+
+    return $ V.map ObjId res
+
+
+allObjectsOfType :: ObjectType a -> Avers (Vector ObjId)
+allObjectsOfType objType = do
+    let predicate :: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp Bool
+        predicate = objectFieldEqE "type" (otType objType)
+
+    res <- runQueryCollect $
+        R.Map mapId $
+        R.OrderBy [R.Descending "createdAt", R.Ascending "id"] $
+        R.Filter predicate objectsTable
+
+    return $ V.map ObjId res
+
+
+isNotDeleted :: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp Bool
+isNotDeleted x = R.Any
+    [ R.Not $ R.HasFields ["deleted"] x
+    , objectFieldEqE "deleted" False x
+    ]
+
+mapId:: R.Exp R.Object -> R.Exp Text
+mapId = R.GetField "id"
diff --git a/src/Avers/Storage/Backend.hs b/src/Avers/Storage/Backend.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Storage/Backend.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies      #-}
+
+
+{-|
+
+Low-level implementation of the storage backend.
+
+-}
+
+module Avers.Storage.Backend
+  ( parseValue
+  , parseDatum
+
+  , runQuery
+  , runQueryDatum
+  , runQuerySingleSelection
+  , runQueryCollect
+
+  , existsDocument
+  , lookupDocument
+  , insertDocument
+  , upsertDocument
+  , deleteDocument
+  ) where
+
+
+import           Prelude hiding (lookup)
+
+import           Control.Monad.Except
+import           Control.Monad.State
+
+import           Data.Monoid
+import           Data.Aeson (Value, Result(..))
+import           Data.Aeson.Types (parse, parseEither)
+import           Data.Pool
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HMS
+import qualified Data.Vector as V
+
+import qualified Database.RethinkDB       as R
+import           Database.RethinkDB.TH
+
+import           Avers.TH
+import           Avers.Types
+import           Avers.Storage.Expressions
+
+
+
+parseValue :: (FromJSON a, MonadError AversError m) => Value -> m a
+parseValue value = case parseEither parseJSON value of
+    Left  e -> parseError value (T.pack e)
+    Right x -> return x
+
+
+parseDatum :: (R.FromDatum a, MonadError AversError m) => R.Datum -> m a
+parseDatum datum = case parse R.parseDatum datum of
+    Error e -> parseError (toJSON datum) (T.pack e)
+    Success x -> return x
+
+
+
+data WriteResponse = WriteResponse
+  { writeResponseInserted  :: Int
+  , writeResponseDeleted   :: Int
+  , writeResponseReplaced  :: Int
+  , writeResponseUnchanged :: Int
+  , writeResponseSkipped   :: Int
+  , writeResponseErrors    :: Int
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+
+checkWriteResponse :: Maybe R.Datum -> Avers ()
+checkWriteResponse resp = do
+    case resp of
+        Nothing -> strErr "Error"
+        Just x ->
+            case parseEither R.parseDatum x of
+                Left err -> strErr err
+                Right WriteResponse{..} ->
+                    if writeResponseErrors == 0
+                        then return ()
+                        else databaseError $ "Errors during write operation: " <> T.pack (show resp)
+
+mergePk :: (R.ToDatum a, Pk a) => a -> R.Object
+mergePk doc = HMS.insert primaryKeyField (R.String $ toPk doc) hms
+  where (R.Object hms) = R.toDatum doc
+
+
+runQuerySingleSelection :: (R.FromDatum a) => R.Exp R.SingleSelection -> Avers a
+runQuerySingleSelection query = do
+    res <- runQuery query
+    case res of
+        Nothing -> documentNotFound "..."
+        Just x  -> parseDatum x
+
+runQueryDatum :: (R.FromDatum a) => R.Exp R.Datum -> Avers a
+runQueryDatum query = do
+    res <- runQuery query
+    parseDatum res
+
+runQuery :: (R.FromResponse (R.Result a)) => R.Exp a -> Avers (R.Result a)
+runQuery query = do
+    pool <- gets databaseHandlePool
+    res <- liftIO $ withResource pool $ \handle -> do
+        R.run handle query
+
+    case res of
+        Left e -> databaseError (T.pack $ show e)
+        Right r -> return r
+
+runQueryCollect :: (R.FromDatum a, R.IsSequence e, R.Result e ~ R.Sequence a) => R.Exp e -> Avers (V.Vector a)
+runQueryCollect query = do
+    pool <- gets databaseHandlePool
+    res <- liftIO $ withResource pool $ \handle -> do
+        r0 <- R.run handle query
+        case r0 of
+            Left e -> return $ Left e
+            Right x -> R.collect handle x
+
+    case res of
+        Left e -> databaseError (T.pack $ show e)
+        Right r -> return r
+
+
+
+existsDocument :: (Pk k) => R.Exp R.Table -> k -> Avers Bool
+existsDocument table key = do
+    res <- runQuery $ R.IsEmpty $ R.Filter (primaryKeyEqE (toPk key)) table
+    return $ not res
+
+
+lookupDocument :: (Pk k, R.FromDatum a) => R.Exp R.Table -> k -> Avers (Maybe a)
+lookupDocument table key = do
+    res <- runQuery $ R.Get table (R.lift (toPk key))
+    maybe (return Nothing) parseDatum res
+
+
+insertDocument :: (R.ToDatum a, Pk a) => R.Exp R.Table -> a -> Avers ()
+insertDocument table doc = do
+    resp <- runQuery $ R.InsertObject R.CRError table (mergePk doc)
+    checkWriteResponse $ Just $ R.Object resp
+
+
+deleteDocument :: (Pk k) => R.Exp R.Table -> k -> Avers ()
+deleteDocument table key = do
+    resp <- runQuery $ R.Delete $ R.Get table (R.lift $ toPk key)
+    checkWriteResponse $ Just $ R.Object resp
+
+
+upsertDocument :: (R.ToDatum a, Pk a) => R.Exp R.Table -> a -> Avers ()
+upsertDocument table doc = do
+    resp <- runQuery $ R.InsertObject R.CRReplace table (mergePk doc)
+    checkWriteResponse $ Just $ R.Object resp
+
+$(deriveDatum (deriveJSONOptions "writeResponse") ''WriteResponse)
diff --git a/src/Avers/Storage/Expressions.hs b/src/Avers/Storage/Expressions.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Storage/Expressions.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies      #-}
+
+
+{-|
+
+This module contains RethinkDB Expressions which are used to build queries.
+
+-}
+
+module Avers.Storage.Expressions where
+
+
+import           Prelude hiding (lookup)
+
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import           Database.RethinkDB as R
+
+
+-- | The primary key in all our documents is the default "id".
+primaryKeyField :: Text
+primaryKeyField = "id"
+
+
+-- | Expression which represents the primary key field.
+primaryKeyFieldE :: Exp Text
+primaryKeyFieldE = lift primaryKeyField
+
+
+-- | Expression which represents the value of a field inside of an Object.
+objectFieldE :: (IsDatum a) => Text -> Exp Object -> Exp a
+objectFieldE field obj = GetField (lift field) obj
+
+
+-- | True if the object field matches the given value.
+objectFieldEqE :: (ToDatum a) => Text -> a -> Exp Object -> Exp Bool
+objectFieldEqE field value obj = Eq
+    (objectFieldE field obj :: Exp Datum)
+    (lift $ toDatum value)
+
+
+-- | True if the object's primary key matches the given string.
+primaryKeyEqE :: Text -> Exp Object -> Exp Bool
+primaryKeyEqE = objectFieldEqE primaryKeyField
+
+
+-- | Take the first item out of a sequence.
+headE :: (IsSequence a, IsDatum r) => Exp a -> Exp r
+headE = Nth 0
diff --git a/src/Avers/TH.hs b/src/Avers/TH.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/TH.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Avers.TH
+  ( deriveJSON
+  , deriveJSONOptions
+  , variantOptions
+  , defaultVariantOptions
+
+  , deriveEncoding
+  , deriveRecordEncoding
+
+  , FromJSON(..)
+  , ToJSON(..)
+  ) where
+
+
+import           Language.Haskell.TH
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+import           Control.Monad
+
+import           Data.Char
+
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
+import qualified Data.Text           as T
+
+import           Data.Aeson
+import           Data.Aeson.TH
+import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as A
+
+import           Text.Inflections
+
+import qualified Database.RethinkDB as R
+import           Database.RethinkDB (toDatum, FromDatum(..))
+import           Database.RethinkDB.TH
+
+
+
+dropPrefix :: String -> String -> String
+dropPrefix prefix x = toLower (head rest) : tail rest
+  where rest = drop (length prefix) x
+
+
+-- FIXME: Should dasherize and drop the prefix from the constructor as well!
+deriveJSONOptions :: String -> Options
+deriveJSONOptions prefix = defaultOptions
+    { fieldLabelModifier     = dropPrefix prefix
+    , constructorTagModifier = map toLower
+    }
+
+dasherizeTag :: String -> String
+dasherizeTag x = case parseCamelCase [] x of
+    Left  err -> error $ show err
+    Right res -> map toLower $ dasherize res
+
+variantOptions :: String -> String -> String -> Options
+variantOptions tagField contentsField prefix = defaultOptions
+    { constructorTagModifier = dasherizeTag . dropPrefix prefix
+    , sumEncoding            = TaggedObject tagField contentsField
+    }
+
+defaultVariantOptions :: String -> Options
+defaultVariantOptions = variantOptions "type" "content"
+
+
+deriveEncoding :: Options -> Name -> Q [Dec]
+deriveEncoding opts name =
+    liftM2 (++)
+        (deriveJSON opts name)
+        (deriveDatum opts name)
+
+
+deriveEncodingWithDefaults :: Options -> Name -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveEncodingWithDefaults options typeN defaults =
+    liftM2 (++)
+        (deriveJSONWithDefaults options typeN defaults)
+        (deriveDatumWithDefaults options typeN defaults)
+
+
+deriveRecordEncoding :: Name -> String -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveRecordEncoding typeN prefix defaults =
+    deriveEncodingWithDefaults (deriveJSONOptions prefix) typeN defaults
+
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- JSON
+
+deriveJSONWithDefaults :: Options -> Name -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveJSONWithDefaults options typeN defaults = liftM2 (++)
+    (deriveToJSON options typeN)
+    (deriveFromJSONWithDefaults options typeN defaults)
+
+deriveFromJSONWithDefaults :: Options -> Name -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveFromJSONWithDefaults options typeN defaults = do
+    xN                        <- newName "x"
+    (tyVarsBndrs, fieldNames) <- getTyInfo typeN
+    parseJsonE                <- mkParseJSON options typeN
+    insertDefaultsE           <- mkInsertDefaults defaults
+    modifyObjectE             <- [|modifyObject|]
+    let tyVars      = tyVarBndrNames tyVarsBndrs
+        fieldNames' = map (fieldLabelModifier options . nameBase) fieldNames
+
+    forM_ defaults $ \(name, _) ->
+        when (name `notElem` fieldNames') $ fail $
+            "Avers.TH.deriveFromJSONWithDefaults: default " ++
+            "specified for " ++ show name ++ " but this field does not exist."
+
+    return
+        [ InstanceD [ClassP ''FromJSON [VarT tv] | tv <- tyVars]
+            (AppT fromJsonT (mkAppTys (typeT : map VarT tyVars)))
+            [ FunD 'parseJSON
+                [ Clause [VarP xN]
+                    (NormalB (AppE parseJsonE (mkApps
+                        [modifyObjectE, insertDefaultsE, VarE xN])))
+                    []
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]
+  where
+    typeT     = ConT typeN
+    fromJsonT = ConT ''FromJSON
+
+modifyObject :: (A.Object -> A.Object) -> A.Value -> A.Value
+modifyObject f (A.Object o) = A.Object (f o)
+modifyObject _ v            = v
+{-# INLINE modifyObject #-}
+
+mkInsertDefaults :: [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q Exp
+mkInsertDefaults defaults = do
+    yN    <- newName "y"
+    bodyE <- foldM insertDefault (VarE yN) defaults
+    return $ LamE [VarP yN] bodyE
+  where
+    flipE       = VarE 'flip
+    constE      = VarE 'const
+    insertWithE = VarE 'HM.insertWith
+    toJsonE     = VarE 'toJSON
+
+    insertDefault hmE (field, expQ) = do
+        textE    <- [|T.pack field|]
+        defaultE <- expQ
+        return $ mkApps [insertWithE, AppE flipE constE,
+                textE, AppE toJsonE defaultE, hmE]
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Datum
+
+deriveDatumWithDefaults :: Options -> Name -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveDatumWithDefaults options typeN defaults = liftM2 (++)
+    (deriveToDatum options typeN)
+    (deriveFromDatumWithDefaults options typeN defaults)
+
+deriveFromDatumWithDefaults :: Options -> Name -> [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q [Dec]
+deriveFromDatumWithDefaults options typeN defaults = do
+    xN                        <- newName "x"
+    (tyVarsBndrs, fieldNames) <- getTyInfo typeN
+    parseJsonE                <- mkParseDatum options typeN
+    insertDefaultsE           <- mkInsertDatumDefaults defaults
+    modifyObjectE             <- [|modifyDatumObject|]
+    let tyVars      = tyVarBndrNames tyVarsBndrs
+        fieldNames' = map (fieldLabelModifier options . nameBase) fieldNames
+
+    forM_ defaults $ \(name, _) ->
+        when (name `notElem` fieldNames') $ fail $
+            "Avers.TH.deriveFromDatumWithDefaults: default " ++
+            "specified for " ++ show name ++ " but this field does not exist."
+
+    return
+        [ InstanceD [ClassP ''FromDatum [VarT tv] | tv <- tyVars]
+            (AppT fromDatumT (mkAppTys (typeT : map VarT tyVars)))
+            [ FunD 'parseDatum
+                [ Clause [VarP xN]
+                    (NormalB (AppE parseJsonE (mkApps
+                        [modifyObjectE, insertDefaultsE, VarE xN])))
+                    []
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]
+  where
+    typeT      = ConT typeN
+    fromDatumT = ConT ''FromDatum
+
+modifyDatumObject :: (R.Object -> R.Object) -> R.Datum -> R.Datum
+modifyDatumObject f (R.Object o) = R.Object (f o)
+modifyDatumObject _ v            = v
+{-# INLINE modifyDatumObject #-}
+
+mkInsertDatumDefaults :: [(String, Q Exp)] -> Q Exp
+mkInsertDatumDefaults defaults = do
+    yN    <- newName "y"
+    bodyE <- foldM insertDefault (VarE yN) defaults
+    return $ LamE [VarP yN] bodyE
+  where
+    flipE       = VarE 'flip
+    constE      = VarE 'const
+    insertWithE = VarE 'HM.insertWith
+    toJsonE     = VarE 'toDatum
+
+    insertDefault hmE (field, expQ) = do
+        textE    <- [|T.pack field|]
+        defaultE <- expQ
+        return $ mkApps [insertWithE, AppE flipE constE,
+                textE, AppE toJsonE defaultE, hmE]
+
+
+
+mkApps :: [Exp] -> Exp
+mkApps = foldl1 AppE
+
+mkAppTys :: [Type] -> Type
+mkAppTys = foldl1 AppT
+
+getTyInfo :: Name -> Q ([TyVarBndr], [Name])
+getTyInfo typeN = do
+    info <- reify typeN
+    case info of
+        TyConI (DataD _ _ tvbs cons _)   -> pure (tvbs, getFieldNames =<< cons)
+        TyConI (NewtypeD _ _ tvbs con _) -> pure (tvbs, getFieldNames con)
+        _                                -> fail $
+            "Avers.TH.getTyInfo: only simple data/newtype " ++
+            "constructors are supported."
+
+tyVarBndrNames :: [TyVarBndr] -> [Name]
+tyVarBndrNames = map $ \tvb -> case tvb of
+    PlainTV  n   -> n
+    KindedTV n _ -> n
+
+getFieldNames :: Con -> [Name]
+getFieldNames (NormalC _ _)     = []
+getFieldNames (InfixC _ _ _)    = []
+getFieldNames (ForallC _ _ con) = getFieldNames con
+getFieldNames (RecC _ fields)   = [name | (name, _, _) <- fields]
diff --git a/src/Avers/Types.hs b/src/Avers/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,604 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell            #-}
+
+module Avers.Types where
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+
+import           Control.Monad.Except
+import           Control.Monad.State
+
+import           Control.Concurrent.STM
+
+import           Data.Time.Clock
+import           Data.String
+import           Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
+
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+
+import           Data.Map  (Map)
+import qualified Data.Map  as M
+
+import           Data.Monoid
+import           Data.Char
+
+import           Data.Attoparsec.Text
+
+import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as Aeson
+import           Data.Aeson (Value(String))
+import           Data.Aeson.Types (parseEither)
+
+import qualified Database.RethinkDB       as R
+import           Database.RethinkDB.TH
+
+import qualified Database.InfluxDB        as InfluxDB
+
+import           Data.Pool
+
+import           Avers.TH
+import           Avers.Index
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Pk - Types which can be converted to a database primary key.
+
+class Pk a where
+    toPk :: a -> Text
+
+instance Pk Text where
+    toPk = id
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Path
+
+newtype Path = Path { unPath :: Text }
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+instance IsString Path where
+    fromString = Path . T.pack
+
+instance ToJSON Path where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unPath
+
+instance FromJSON Path where
+    parseJSON (String s) = return $ Path s
+    parseJSON _          = fail "Path"
+
+instance R.FromDatum Path where
+    parseDatum (R.String s) = return $ Path s
+    parseDatum _            = fail "Path"
+
+instance R.ToDatum Path where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unPath
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | ObjId
+
+newtype ObjId = ObjId { unObjId :: Text }
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+instance Pk ObjId where
+    toPk = unObjId
+
+instance ToJSON ObjId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unObjId
+
+instance FromJSON ObjId where
+    parseJSON x = ObjId <$> parseJSON x
+
+instance R.FromDatum ObjId where
+    parseDatum x = ObjId <$> R.parseDatum x
+
+instance R.ToDatum ObjId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unObjId
+
+
+-- | The root object id is used for object created internally or when there
+-- is no applicable creator.
+rootObjId :: ObjId
+rootObjId = ObjId ""
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | RevId
+
+newtype RevId = RevId { unRevId :: Int }
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+instance Enum RevId where
+    succ (RevId x) = RevId (succ x)
+    pred (RevId x) = RevId (pred x)
+    toEnum         = RevId
+    fromEnum       = unRevId
+
+instance Pk RevId where
+    toPk = T.pack . show . unRevId
+
+instance ToJSON RevId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unRevId
+
+instance FromJSON RevId where
+    parseJSON x = RevId <$> parseJSON x
+
+instance R.FromDatum RevId where
+    parseDatum x = RevId <$> R.parseDatum x
+
+instance R.ToDatum RevId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unRevId
+
+
+-- | The 'RevId' which is used for the initial snapshot.
+zeroRevId :: RevId
+zeroRevId = RevId 0
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | ObjectId
+
+data ObjectId
+
+    = BaseObjectId !ObjId
+      -- ^ The base object whose snapshots contain the actual content.
+
+    | ReleaseObjectId !ObjId !RevId
+     -- ^ An object describing a particualar release of the base object.
+
+    | AuthorizationObjectId !ObjId
+      -- ^ Object which contains authorization rules.
+
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+
+instance Pk ObjectId where
+    toPk (BaseObjectId objId)          = toPk objId
+    toPk (ReleaseObjectId objId revId) = toPk objId <> "/release/" <> toPk revId
+    toPk (AuthorizationObjectId objId) = toPk objId <> "/authorization"
+
+instance ToJSON ObjectId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . toPk
+
+instance FromJSON ObjectId where
+    parseJSON (String x) = either fail return $ parseOnly objectIdParser x
+    parseJSON _          = fail "ObjectId"
+
+instance R.FromDatum ObjectId where
+    parseDatum (R.String x) = either fail return $ parseOnly objectIdParser x
+    parseDatum _            = fail "ObjectId"
+
+instance R.ToDatum ObjectId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . toPk
+
+
+objectIdParser :: Parser ObjectId
+objectIdParser = (releaseObjectId <|> authorizationObjectId <|> baseObjectId) <* endOfInput
+  where
+    objId = ObjId <$> takeWhile1 isAlphaNum
+    revId = RevId <$> decimal
+
+    baseObjectId = BaseObjectId
+        <$> objId
+
+    releaseObjectId = ReleaseObjectId
+        <$> objId
+        <*  string "/release/"
+        <*> revId
+
+    authorizationObjectId = AuthorizationObjectId
+        <$> objId
+        <*  string "/authorization"
+
+
+parseObjectId :: Text -> Maybe ObjectId
+parseObjectId text = case parseOnly objectIdParser text of
+    Left _  -> Nothing
+    Right v -> Just v
+
+
+objectIdBase :: ObjectId -> ObjId
+objectIdBase (BaseObjectId          objId  ) = objId
+objectIdBase (ReleaseObjectId       objId _) = objId
+objectIdBase (AuthorizationObjectId objId  ) = objId
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | The operations that can be applied to JSON values.
+data Operation
+  -- | Set is applied to 'Object's. It is used for adding, updating
+  --   and deleting properties from the object.
+  = Set
+    { opPath  :: !Path
+    , opValue :: !(Maybe Value)
+    }
+
+  -- | Splice is used to manipulate 'Array's. It can remove and insert
+  --   multiple elements in a single operation.
+  | Splice
+    { opPath   :: !Path
+    , opIndex  :: !Int
+    , opRemove :: !Int
+    , opInsert :: ![ Value ]
+    }
+
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "op"){
+    omitNothingFields = True,
+    sumEncoding       = TaggedObject "type" "content"
+} ''Operation)
+
+
+
+data PatchError
+    = UnknownPatchError !Text
+    deriving (Show)
+
+type PatchM a = Either PatchError a
+
+
+data Object = Object
+  { objectId            :: !ObjId
+  , objectType          :: !Text
+  , objectCreatedAt     :: !UTCTime
+  , objectCreatedBy     :: !ObjId
+  , objectDeleted       :: !(Maybe Bool)
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk Object where
+    toPk = toPk . objectId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "object") ''Object)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Patch
+
+data Patch = Patch
+  { patchObjectId       :: !ObjectId
+  , patchRevisionId     :: !RevId
+  , patchAuthorId       :: !ObjId
+  , patchCreatedAt      :: !UTCTime
+  , patchOperation      :: !Operation
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk Patch where
+    toPk Patch{..} = toPk patchObjectId <> "@" <> toPk patchRevisionId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "patch") ''Patch)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Snapshot
+
+data Snapshot = Snapshot
+  { snapshotObjectId    :: !ObjectId
+  , snapshotRevisionId  :: !RevId
+  , snapshotContent     :: !Value
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk Snapshot where
+    toPk Snapshot{..} = toPk snapshotObjectId <> "@" <> toPk snapshotRevisionId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "snapshot") ''Snapshot)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Release
+
+data Release = Release
+
+instance ToJSON Release where
+    toJSON = const Aeson.emptyObject
+
+instance FromJSON Release where
+    parseJSON (Aeson.Object _) = return Release
+    parseJSON _                = fail "Release"
+
+-- $(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "release") ''Release)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | SecretId
+
+newtype SecretId = SecretId { unSecretId :: Text }
+    deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk SecretId where
+    toPk = unSecretId
+
+instance ToJSON SecretId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unSecretId
+
+instance FromJSON SecretId where
+    parseJSON x = SecretId <$> parseJSON x
+
+instance R.FromDatum SecretId where
+    parseDatum x = SecretId <$> R.parseDatum x
+
+instance R.ToDatum SecretId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unSecretId
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Secret
+
+data Secret = Secret
+  { secretId    :: !SecretId
+  , secretValue :: !Text
+  }
+
+instance Pk Secret where
+    toPk = toPk . secretId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "secret") ''Secret)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | BlobId
+
+newtype BlobId = BlobId { unBlobId :: Text }
+    deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk BlobId where
+    toPk = unBlobId
+
+instance ToJSON BlobId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unBlobId
+
+instance FromJSON BlobId where
+    parseJSON x = BlobId <$> parseJSON x
+
+instance R.FromDatum BlobId where
+    parseDatum x = BlobId <$> R.parseDatum x
+
+instance R.ToDatum BlobId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unBlobId
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Blob
+
+data Blob = Blob
+  { blobId          :: !BlobId
+  , blobSize        :: !Int
+  , blobContentType :: !Text
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+instance Pk Blob where
+    toPk = toPk . blobId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "blob") ''Blob)
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | SessionId
+
+newtype SessionId = SessionId { unSessionId :: Text }
+
+instance Pk SessionId where
+    toPk = unSessionId
+
+instance ToJSON SessionId where
+    toJSON = toJSON . unSessionId
+
+instance FromJSON SessionId where
+    parseJSON x = SessionId <$> parseJSON x
+
+instance R.FromDatum SessionId where
+    parseDatum x = SessionId <$> R.parseDatum x
+
+instance R.ToDatum SessionId where
+    toDatum = R.toDatum . unSessionId
+
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | The record that is stored in the database.
+
+data Session = Session
+  { sessionId             :: !SessionId
+  , sessionAccountId      :: !ObjId
+  , sessionCreatedAt      :: !UTCTime
+  , sessionLastAccessedAt :: !UTCTime
+  }
+
+instance Pk Session where
+    toPk Session{..} = toPk sessionId
+
+$(deriveEncoding (deriveJSONOptions "session") ''Session)
+
+
+
+data AversError
+    = InternalError !AversError
+    | DatabaseError !Text
+    | PatchError !PatchError
+    | ParseError !Value !Text
+    | UnknownObjectType !Text
+    | ObjectNotFound !ObjId
+    | DocumentNotFound !Text
+    | AversError !Text
+    | NotAuthorized
+    deriving (Show)
+
+
+internalError :: AversError -> Avers a
+internalError = throwError . InternalError
+
+internal :: Avers a -> Avers a
+internal m = m `catchError` internalError
+
+databaseError :: Text -> Avers a
+databaseError = throwError . DatabaseError
+
+patchError :: PatchError -> Avers a
+patchError = throwError . PatchError
+
+parseError :: (MonadError AversError m) => Value -> Text -> m a
+parseError value text = throwError $ ParseError value text
+
+documentNotFound :: Text -> Avers a
+documentNotFound = throwError . DocumentNotFound
+
+strErr :: String -> Avers a
+strErr = throwError . AversError . T.pack
+
+
+-- | An 'ObjectType' describes a particular type of object that is managed by
+-- Avers.
+data ObjectType a = ObjectType
+  { otType   :: !Text
+    -- ^ The value of the @type@ field of the 'Object'.
+
+  , otId     :: Avers ObjId
+    -- ^ Action which generates a new id. This is so that object types can
+    -- have different strategies how to generate ids.
+
+  , otViews :: [SomeView a]
+  }
+
+data SomeObjectType where
+     SomeObjectType :: (R.ToDatum a, R.FromDatum a, FromJSON a, ToJSON a)
+        => ObjectType a -> SomeObjectType
+
+parseValueAs :: (FromJSON a) => ObjectType a -> Value -> Either AversError a
+parseValueAs ObjectType{..} value = case parseEither parseJSON value of
+    Left  e -> parseError value (T.pack $ show e)
+    Right x -> return x
+
+
+
+-- | Configuration of the 'Avers' monad.
+data AversConfig = AversConfig
+
+    { databaseHost :: !Text
+      -- ^ The hostname where RethinkDB is running. The port is currently not
+      -- configurable.
+
+    , databaseName :: !Text
+      -- ^ RethinkDB supports multiple databases. This is the name of the one
+      -- which should be used.
+
+    , influxConfig :: !(Maybe InfluxDB.Config)
+      -- ^ The influx server where avers reports metrics to.
+
+    , putBlob :: BlobId -> Text -> ByteString -> IO ()
+      -- ^ Function which saves the given blob in the blob store. This can be
+      -- the local filesystem or an external services such as Amazon S3.
+      --
+      -- TODO: Propagate errors back to the caller.
+
+    , objectTypes :: ![SomeObjectType]
+      -- ^ All the object types which Avers knows about.
+    }
+
+
+data AversState = AversState
+    { config :: !AversConfig
+      -- ^ A reference to the config, just in case we need it.
+
+    , databaseHandlePool :: !(Pool R.Handle)
+      -- ^ A pool of handles which are used to access the database.
+
+    , recentRevisionCache :: !(TVar (Map ObjectId RevId))
+      -- ^ Map from 'ObjectId' to a recent 'RevId'. It may be the latest or
+      -- a few revisions behind.
+    }
+
+
+
+newDatabaseHandlePool :: AversConfig -> IO (Pool R.Handle)
+newDatabaseHandlePool AversConfig{..} =
+    createPool create destroy numStripes idleTime maxResources
+
+  where
+    create = do
+        putStrLn $ mconcat
+            [ "Creating a new RethinkDB handle to "
+            , T.unpack databaseHost
+            , ":28015"
+            , " database "
+            , T.unpack databaseName
+            ]
+
+        R.newHandle databaseHost 28015 Nothing (R.Database (R.lift databaseName))
+
+    destroy handle = do
+        putStrLn "Closing RethinkDB handle"
+        R.close handle
+
+    numStripes   = 1
+    idleTime     = fromIntegral $ (60 * 60 :: Int)
+    maxResources = 10
+
+
+newState :: AversConfig -> IO AversState
+newState config = do
+    AversState
+        <$> pure config
+        <*> newDatabaseHandlePool config
+        <*> newTVarIO M.empty
+
+
+newtype Avers a = Avers
+    { runAvers :: StateT AversState (ExceptT AversError IO) a
+    } deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadIO, MonadError AversError, MonadState AversState)
+
+class (Monad m) => MonadAvers m where
+    liftAvers :: Avers a -> m a
+
+instance MonadAvers Avers where
+    liftAvers = id
+
+instance MonadAvers m => MonadAvers (StateT s m) where
+    liftAvers = lift . liftAvers
+
+evalAvers :: AversState -> Avers a -> IO (Either AversError a)
+evalAvers h m = runExceptT $ evalStateT (runAvers m) h
+
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- View
+
+data View obj a = View
+  { viewName :: Text
+    -- ^ The table name is derived from the view name. Therefore it should
+    -- be unique amongst all views.
+
+  , viewParser :: R.Datum -> Either AversError a
+    -- ^ Function which parses objects stored in this view.
+
+  , viewObjectTransformer :: obj -> Avers (Maybe a)
+    -- ^ Function which transforms an Avers Object into a type stored
+    -- in the view.
+
+  , viewIndices :: [Index]
+    -- ^ Secondary indices defined on the view.
+  }
+
+
+data SomeView obj where
+     SomeView :: (R.ToDatum a, R.FromDatum a, FromJSON obj, ToJSON a)
+        => View obj a -> SomeView obj
diff --git a/src/Avers/Views.hs b/src/Avers/Views.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avers/Views.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell            #-}
+
+module Avers.Views where
+
+
+import           Control.Monad
+
+import           Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import           Data.Monoid
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HMS
+
+import qualified Database.RethinkDB as R
+
+import           Avers.Types
+import           Avers.Storage.Backend
+
+
+
+-- | Construct the table name for the given view. The table names look
+-- something like this: "view_openGames"
+viewTable :: View obj a -> R.Exp R.Table
+viewTable View{..} = R.Table Nothing $ R.lift $ mconcat
+    [ "view_"
+    , viewName
+    ]
+
+
+data Record a = Record
+    { recId      :: ObjId
+    , recContent :: a
+    }
+
+instance Pk (Record a) where
+    toPk = toPk . recId
+
+instance (ToJSON a) => ToJSON (Record a) where
+    toJSON Record{..} = Aeson.Object $ HMS.insert "id" (Aeson.String $ toPk recId) hms
+      where (Aeson.Object hms) = toJSON recContent
+
+instance (R.ToDatum a) => R.ToDatum (Record a) where
+    toDatum Record{..} = R.Object $ HMS.insert "id" (R.String $ toPk recId) $
+        HMS.fromList $ map (\(k,v) -> (k, R.toDatum v)) $ HMS.toList hms
+      where (R.Object hms) = R.toDatum recContent
+
+
+
+updateObjectViews :: ObjectType a -> ObjId -> Maybe a -> Avers ()
+updateObjectViews ObjectType{..} objId mbObj = do
+    forM_ otViews $ \(SomeView view) -> do
+        updateView view objId mbObj
+
+
+updateView :: (R.ToDatum a) => View obj a -> ObjId -> Maybe obj -> Avers ()
+updateView view@View{..} objId mbObj = do
+    case mbObj of
+        Nothing  -> deleteDocument (viewTable view) objId
+        Just obj -> do
+            mbRecord <- viewObjectTransformer obj
+            case mbRecord of
+                Nothing  -> deleteDocument (viewTable view) objId
+                Just rec -> upsertDocument (viewTable view) (Record objId rec)
