diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright John Ky (c) 2017-2018
+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# hw-aeson
+
+[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/haskell-works/hw-aeson.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/haskell-works/hw-aeson)
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hw-aeson.cabal b/hw-aeson.cabal
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+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.18.1.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+
+name:           hw-aeson
+version:        0.1.0.0
+synopsis:       Convenience functions for Aeson
+description:    Convenience functions for Aeson
+category:       Data, JSON
+homepage:       https://github.com/haskell-works/hw-aeson#readme
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/haskell-works/hw-aeson/issues
+author:         John Ky
+maintainer:     newhoggy@gmail.com
+copyright:      2018 John Ky
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/haskell-works/hw-aeson
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  build-depends:
+      aeson
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , text
+  exposed-modules:
+      HaskellWorks.Data.Aeson
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_hw_aeson
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite hw-aeson-test
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: Spec.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      test
+  ghc-options: -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  build-depends:
+      aeson
+    , base
+    , hspec
+    , hedgehog
+    , hw-aeson
+  other-modules:
+      HaskellWorks.Data.AesonSpec
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Aeson.hs b/src/HaskellWorks/Data/Aeson.hs
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+module HaskellWorks.Data.Aeson
+    ( objectWithoutNulls
+    , readJson
+    ) where
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.Types
+import Data.Text
+import Text.Read
+
+objectWithoutNulls :: [Pair] -> Value
+objectWithoutNulls = object . Prelude.filter (not . isNull . snd)
+  where
+    isNull Null = True
+    isNull _    = False
+
+readJson :: Read a => String -> String -> Parser a
+readJson t s = case readMaybe s of
+  Just a  -> pure a
+  Nothing -> fail $ "Could not parse " <> t
diff --git a/test/HaskellWorks/Data/AesonSpec.hs b/test/HaskellWorks/Data/AesonSpec.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module HaskellWorks.Data.AesonSpec
+  ( spec
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Semigroup
+import HaskellWorks.Data.Aeson
+import Test.Hspec
+
+{-# ANN module ("HLint: ignore Redundant do"  :: String) #-}
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = describe "HaskellWorks.Data.Aeson" $ do
+  it "objectWithoutNulls should stould strip nulls" $ do
+    let actual = objectWithoutNulls
+          [ "one"    .= (1 :: Int)
+          , "two"    .= Just (2 :: Int)
+          , "three"  .= (Nothing :: Maybe Int)
+          ]
+    let expected = object
+          [ "one"    .= (1 :: Int)
+          , "two"    .= (2 :: Int)
+          ]
+    actual `shouldBe` expected
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}