diff --git a/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/main.go b/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/main.go
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index 0000000..3dfb5ef
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+++ b/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	port := flag.Int("p", 8080, "port to listen on")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	server := NewServer()
+
+	addr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *port) // check port >0 // accept IP for mvp security
+	// add signal catching for clean shutdown via context and httpServer or the like
+	log.Printf("listening on %s", addr)
+	if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, server); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/server.go b/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/server.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/render-2023-10-11/cmd/cache-service/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"render231011/internal/thestore"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	store *thestore.Store
+}
+
+func NewServer() Server {
+	return Server{
+		store: thestore.NewStore(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (server Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// todo middleware: rate limit
+	// todo middleware: timeout requests
+	// todo: replace with an actual router
+	if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/event") && r.Method == http.MethodPost {
+		server.servePostEvent(w, r)
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/events" && r.Method == http.MethodGet {
+		server.serveGetEvents(w, r)
+	}
+}
+
+func (server Server) servePostEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var newEvent thestore.Event
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&newEvent); err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		// todo error msg pls
+		return
+	}
+
+	// todo check if action==updated service-id already exists
+	server.store.Push(newEvent)
+	log.Printf("ingested event %+v", newEvent)
+}
+
+func (server Server) serveGetEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// todo my circular queue magic
+}