diff --git a/psb.cabal b/psb.cabal
index 6382b6e..856035e 100644
--- a/psb.cabal
+++ b/psb.cabal
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ common warnings
 
 library
     hs-source-dirs: src
-    exposed-modules: Markdown HTML Logger IR Logger.Shake Psb.Main Utilities Utilities.FilePath Utilities.Action Utilities.Javascript Utilities.CSS Templates Types Config
+    exposed-modules: Markdown HTML Logger IR Logger.Shake Psb.Main Utilities Utilities.FilePath Utilities.Action Utilities.Javascript Utilities.CSS Templates Types Config Utilities.Bundling
     other-modules: Utilities.Parsing
     build-depends:    base >=4.20 && < 4.21, mustache >=2.4.2, shake >= 0.19.8, deriving-aeson >= 0.2.9, aeson, text >= 2.1.2, time, unordered-containers, yaml, megaparsec >= 9.7.0, transformers >= 0.6.2, css-syntax >= 0.1.0.2
     default-extensions: ApplicativeDo DataKinds NamedFieldPuns DerivingVia LambdaCase TypeApplications DeriveGeneric OverloadedRecordDot NamedFieldPuns DuplicateRecordFields DisambiguateRecordFields FlexibleInstances
diff --git a/src/Psb/Main.hs b/src/Psb/Main.hs
index c96c6c9..b21b504 100644
--- a/src/Psb/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Psb/Main.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import Text.Megaparsec (errorBundlePretty)
 import Text.Mustache (ToMustache (toMustache))
 import Types
 import Utilities.Action (getPublishedPosts, isDraft', markdownToHtml, markdownToPost, now, psbProgress)
+import Utilities.Bundling (bundled)
 import qualified Utilities.CSS as CSS
 import Utilities.FilePath (indexHtmlOutputPath, indexHtmlSourcePaths, isMarkdownPost, urlConvert)
 import qualified Utilities.Javascript as JS
@@ -73,10 +74,12 @@ buildRules :: Rules ()
 buildRules = do
   home
   assets
+  bundled
   postsRule
   rss
-  css_resources
-  js_resources
+
+-- css_resources
+-- js_resources
 
 -- make a rule of the pattern outputDir/asset_name which copes from outputDir/../pages
 assets :: Rules ()
@@ -85,20 +88,20 @@ assets =
     let src = FP.dropDirectory1 target
     Shake.copyFileChanged src target
 
-css_resources :: Rules ()
-css_resources =
-  map (outputDir </>) cssGlobs |%> \target -> do
-    src <- Shake.readFile' $ FP.dropDirectory1 target
-    -- TODO: write to fingerprinted location as well
-    Shake.writeFileChanged target $ CSS.minify src
-
-js_resources :: Rules ()
-js_resources =
-  map (outputDir </>) jsGlobs |%> \target -> do
-    let src_file = FP.dropDirectory1 target
-    src <- Shake.readFile' $ src_file
-    -- TODO: write to fingerprinted location as well
-    Shake.writeFileChanged target $ JS.minify src
+-- css_resources :: Rules ()
+-- css_resources =
+--  map (outputDir </>) cssGlobs |%> \target -> do
+--    src <- Shake.readFile' $ FP.dropDirectory1 target
+--    -- TODO: write to fingerprinted location as well
+--    Shake.writeFileChanged target $ CSS.minify src
+--
+-- js_resources :: Rules ()
+-- js_resources =
+--  map (outputDir </>) jsGlobs |%> \target -> do
+--    let src_file = FP.dropDirectory1 target
+--    src <- Shake.readFile' $ src_file
+--    -- TODO: write to fingerprinted location as well
+--    Shake.writeFileChanged target $ JS.minify src
 
 -- there's probably a better way of doing this that allows for the target's origin file extension to get passed in but for now we're doing brute force
 postsRule :: Rules ()
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Bundling.hs b/src/Utilities/Bundling.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c31afb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utilities/Bundling.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Utilities.Bundling
+  ( bundled,
+  )
+where
+
+import Development.Shake (Action, Rules, command_)
+
+-- does not include specification of output location or input files
+generic_esbuild_options :: [String]
+generic_esbuild_options = ["--minify", "--sourcemap", "--bundle", "--chunk-names=[name]-[hash]"]
+
+-- TODO: not sure if I want all bundling to be an all at once afair, per file format
+-- or multiple stages for various formats
+--
+-- Regardless the objective is to produce all of that while outputting a file to
+-- indicate completion/fulfill a need directive without rebuilding even when files
+-- are left unchanged, maybe have the need be a $(filename).hash which we compute
+-- ourselves based on the unminified input
+bundled :: Rules ()
+bundled = error "TODO"