diff --git a/.clangd b/.clangd
index 0f53c03..4069552 100644
--- a/.clangd
+++ b/.clangd
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-# .clangd
 CompileFlags:
   Add:
-    - -I./include # Add your project's include directory
-    - -std=gnu11 # Use C11 standard with GNU extensions
-    - -Wall # Enable all warnings
-    - -Wextra # Extra warnings
-    - -Wno-unused-parameter # Optional: suppress some noisy warnings
+    # Project headers
+    - "-I./include"
+    - "-I./src"
 
-Index:
-  Threads: 0 # Use all available cores for indexing
+    # System headers (Xcode/Clang standard library)
+    - "-isystem/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include"
+    - "-isystem/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/clang/17/include"
 
-Diagnostics:
-  Suppress: [] # You can list warnings/errors to ignore if needed
+    # Compiler flags
+    - "-std=gnu11"
+    - "-Wall"
+    - "-Wextra"
+    - "-Wno-unused-parameter"
+
+    # Project macros
+    - "-DDEBUG=1"
diff --git a/compile_commands.json b/compile_commands.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9cfb8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile_commands.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[
+  {
+    "file": "src/renderer.c",
+    "arguments": [
+      "aarch64-none-elf-gcc",
+      "-O2",
+      "-ffreestanding",
+      "-Wall",
+      "-Wextra",
+      "-Iinclude",
+      "-c",
+      "src/renderer.c",
+      "-o",
+      "build/renderer.o"
+    ],
+    "directory": "/Users/nate/Documents/GitHub/nate-os",
+    "output": "build/renderer.o"
+  }
+]
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