diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3a2fd4..a8f3e97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ obj
 test.cpp
 tester.cpp
 pc/librexy.pc
+makefile
+test
diff --git a/include/rexy/cx/string.hpp b/include/rexy/cx/string.hpp
index 4ea3820..86610e3 100644
--- a/include/rexy/cx/string.hpp
+++ b/include/rexy/cx/string.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 #ifndef REXY_CX_STRING_HPP
 #define REXY_CX_STRING_HPP
 
+namespace rexy::cx{
+	template<size_t N>
+	class string;
+}
+
 #include "../string_base.hpp"
 #include "utility.hpp"
 
diff --git a/include/rexy/cx/string_hash.hpp b/include/rexy/cx/string_hash.hpp
index 36c43f8..c54be81 100644
--- a/include/rexy/cx/string_hash.hpp
+++ b/include/rexy/cx/string_hash.hpp
@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@
 
 namespace rexy::cx{
 
+	//jenkns one at a time hash
 	template<class Str>
 	struct string_hash{
 		constexpr size_t operator()(const Str& s, size_t salt = 0){
-			size_t hash = 5381 + salt;
+			size_t hash = salt;
 			for(size_t i = 0;i < s.length();++i){
-				hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) ^ s[i];
+				hash += s[i];
+				hash += (hash << 10);
+				hash += (hash >> 6);
 			}
+			hash += (hash << 3);
+			hash ^= (hash << 11);
+			hash += (hash << 15);
 			return hash;
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1550e90..0000000
--- a/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,227 +0,0 @@
-#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#(at your option) any later version.
-
-#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-#You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-#Copyright 2018-2020 rexy712
-
-#Makefile to generate a single static or shared library from all the sources in SOURCE_DIRS ending in EXT
-
-ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	WINDOWS::=1
-endif
-
-SOURCE_DIRS::=rexy/src
-SOURCES::=
-OBJDIR::=obj
-DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
-LIBDIR::=lib
-INCLUDE_DIRS::=.
-CFLAGS::=-g -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
-CXXFLAGS::=-g -std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
-EXT::=cpp
-LANG::=$(EXT)
-MAIN_LIBRARY::=rexy
-PRE_TARGETS::=
-POST_TARGETS::=
-CLEAN_TARGETS::=clean_tester
-SHARED?=1
-STATIC?=0
-RELEASE?=0
-MEMCHK?=0
-
-ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-	#*nix settings
-	CC::=gcc
-	CXX::=g++
-	LDLIBS::=
-	LDFLAGS::=
-	STRIP::=strip
-	RANLIB::=ranlib
-	AR::=ar
-	AS::=as
-else #windows
-	#windows settings
-	#windows is a fuckwit
-	MINGW_PREFIX::=x86_64-w64-mingw32-
-	CC::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)gcc
-	CXX::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)g++
-	LDLIBS::=
-	LDFLAGS::=-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
-	STRIP::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)strip
-	RANLIB::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)ranlib
-	AR::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)ar
-	AS::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)as
-endif #windows
-
-#Put your custom targets for PRE_TARGETS and POST_TARGETS here:
-
-tester: all
-	$(CXX) tester.cpp -o tester $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -L. -lrexy -I.
-
-clean_tester:
-	$(call rm,tester)
-
-###########################################################################################################
-#Everything past this point is internal BS, probably best not to touch it unless you know what you're doing
-
-#set the all target as the default target, otherwise the topmost target will run
-.DEFAULT_GOAL::=all
-
-#setup the actual output library name depending on shared/static and windows/anything else
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-	INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
-else
-	INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).so
-endif
-SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS=-fPIC
-DLLOUT::=$(MAIN_LIBRARY).dll
-INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
-
-
-#system dependant bullshit
-ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	#windows' cmd commands
-	mkdir=mkdir $(subst /,\,$(1)) > NUL 2>&1
-	rm=del /F $(1) > NUL 2>&1
-	rmdir=rd /S /Q $(1) > NUL 2>&1
-	move=move /Y $(subst /,\,$(1)) $(subst /,\,$(2)) > NUL 2>&1
-	copy=copy /Y /B $(subst /,\,$(1)) $(subst /,\,$(2)) > NUL 2>&1
-else
-	#*nix terminal commands
-	mkdir=mkdir -p $(1)
-	rm=rm -f $(1)
-	rmdir=rm -rf $(1)
-	move=mv $(1) $(2)
-	copy=cp $(1) $(2)
-endif
-
-#setup compiler and flags based on language
-ifeq ($(LANG),cpp)
-	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CXXFLAGS)
-	COMPILER::=$(CXX)
-else ifeq ($(LANG),c)
-	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CFLAGS)
-	COMPILER::=$(CC)
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
-	#a lot of false strict aliasing warnings from gcc 9
-	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O2 -Wno-strict-aliasing
-	POST_TARGETS+= do_strip
-else ifeq ($(MEMCHK),1)
-	#use asan to check memory leaks/invalid accesses
-	LDFLAGS+=-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
-	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
-else
-	#default target
-	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb
-endif
-
-#add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
-ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-	INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS+=$(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS)
-endif
-THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME::=$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
-INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
-OBJECTS+=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
-
-#Arguments to make submake use this makefile without "Entering directory" stuff
-SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS::=--no-print-directory -f "$(THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME)"
-#just a variable for a newline
-define \n
-
-
-endef
-
-#default target: run targets in PRE_TARGETS, then build the main library, then POST_TARGETS
-.PHONY: all
-all:
-	$(foreach target,$(PRE_TARGETS),@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(target)"$(\n))
-ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-	@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(DLLOUT)"
-else #windows
-	@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY)"
-endif #windows
-endif #shared
-ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
-ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-	@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "object_clean"
-endif #shared
-	@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY)" SHARED=0
-endif #static
-	$(foreach target,$(POST_TARGETS),@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(target)"$(\n))
-
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-#target for windows shared library
-$(DLLOUT): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$(DLLOUT)" $^ -Wl,--out-implib,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a" $(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
-else #windows
-
-#target for *nix shared library
-$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$@" $^ $(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
-endif #windows
-
-#target for static library
-$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(AR) rcs "$@" $^
-	$(RANLIB) "$@"
-
-
-#Called in POST_TARGETS when RELEASE=1
-.PHONY: do_strip
-do_strip:
-ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-	$(STRIP) --strip-debug "$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY)"
-endif
-ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
-	$(STRIP) --strip-debug "$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY)"
-endif
-
-#Object target recipe
-define GENERATE_OBJECTS
-$$(OBJDIR)/$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(1))).%.o: $(1)/%
-	$$(COMPILER) $$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $$(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS) "$$<" -o "$$@"
-endef
-define GENERATE_INDIVIDUAL_OBJECTS
-$$(OBJDIR)/$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(1))).o: $(1)
-	$$(COMPILER) $$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $$(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS) "$$<" -o "$$@"
-endef
-
-
-#Create targets for object files
-$(foreach dir,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(eval $(call GENERATE_OBJECTS,$(dir))))
-$(foreach src,$(SOURCES),$(eval $(call GENERATE_INDIVIDUAL_OBJECTS,$(src))))
-$(OBJECTS): | $(OBJDIR) $(DEPDIR)
-
-$(OBJDIR):
-	$(call mkdir,"$@")
-$(DEPDIR):
-	$(call mkdir,"$@")
-
-.PHONY: object_clean
-object_clean:
-	$(call rmdir,"$(OBJDIR)")
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean: object_clean
-	$(foreach target,$(CLEAN_TARGETS),@$(MAKE) $(SUBMAKE_ARGUMENTS) "$(target)"$(\n))
-	$(call rmdir,"$(DEPDIR)")
-	$(call rm,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).so")
-	$(call rm,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a")
-	$(call rm,"$(DLLOUT)")
-
-#header file dep tracking
--include $(wildcard $(DEPDIR)/*.d)
-