diff --git a/bb.edn b/bb.edn
index 519d575..b9b06ba 100644
--- a/bb.edn
+++ b/bb.edn
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   lock
   {:doc "Update the clj-nix lockfile"
    :task (-> (p/sh {:out :inherit :err :inherit}
-                    "nix run github:jlesquembre/clj-nix#deps-lock")
+                   "nix run github:jlesquembre/clj-nix#deps-lock")
              :exit
              System/exit)}}}
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/cached_file.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/cached_file.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce16eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/cached_file.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+(ns net.deertopia.publisher.cached-file
+  (:require [babashka.fs :as fs]))
+
+(defn newer-than?
+  "Return `true` if fs `file₁` was last modified sooner or at the same
+  time as `file₂`, or if `file₂` does not exist."
+  [file₁ file₂]
+  (or (not (fs/exists? file₂))
+      (<= 0 (compare (fs/last-modified-time file₁)
+                     (fs/last-modified-time file₂)))))
+
+(def ^:dynamic *use-cache?*
+  "Bind to `false` to disable caching for debugging purposes."
+  true)
+
+(defn cached-content
+  "Return a file path after potentially regenerating the file by
+  calling `compute` with no arguments only if stale? is logical true."
+  [& {:keys [file stale? compute]}]
+  (when (or (not *use-cache?*) stale?)
+    (let [r (compute)]
+      (assert (string? r))
+      (spit file r)))
+  file)
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/elisp.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/elisp.clj
index 2b7e672..59345e3 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/elisp.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/elisp.clj
@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@
   (io/resource "net/deertopia/publisher/elisp/grammar"))
 
 (defn- transform-string [s]
-  (letfn [(go [s acc]
-              (match s
-                ([\\ c & cs] :seq)
-                (recur
-                 cs
-                 (str acc
-                      (condp = c
-                        \n \newline
-                        \f \formfeed
-                        \\ \\
-                        \" \"
-                        \newline nil
-                        (throw (ex-info "IDK!" {:char c})))))
-                ([c & cs] :seq) (recur cs (str acc c))
-                ([] :seq) acc))]
-    [:string (apply str (go (seq s) ""))]))
+  (let [s* (loop [s (seq s)
+                  acc ""]
+             (match s
+               ([\\ c & cs] :seq)
+               (recur
+                cs
+                (str acc
+                     (condp = c
+                       \n \newline
+                       \f \formfeed
+                       \\ \\
+                       \" \"
+                       \newline nil
+                       (throw (ex-info "IDK!" {:char c})))))
+               ([c & cs] :seq) (recur cs (str acc c))
+               ([] :seq) acc))]
+    [:string (apply str s*)]))
 
 (defn- transform-integer [s]
   [:integer (parse-long s)])
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@
   ;; TODO: this is really not how it should be done lol. at the
   ;; moment, `print` is only used in `net.deertopia.publisher.roam`
   ;; and only to serialise uuids, so it's not a /massive/ priority.
-  (cond (string? x) (str \" s \")))
+  (cond (string? x) (str \" x \")
+        :else (throw (ex-info "`print` is unimplemented lol"
+                              {:x x}))))
 
 (comment
   (do (ip/defparser parse* (io/resource "elisp-grammar"))
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
index 2ce8805..765bb45 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/roam.clj
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@
 
 (defn org-file [node]
   (fetch-with-cache
-   node
-   :org-file
+   node :org-file
    (fn [node]
      (when-some [r (sql/execute-one!
-                       ds
-                       ["select file from nodes where id = ?"
-                        (elisp/print (:id node))])]
+                    ds
+                    ["select file from nodes where id = ?"
+                     (-> node :id str elisp/print)])]
        (-> r :nodes/file elisp/read-string)))))
 
 (defprotocol GetNode
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
index a99121b..7bfc8ab 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
             [hiccup2.core :as hiccup]
             [net.deertopia.doerg.html :as doerg-html]
             [net.deertopia.publisher.slug :as slug]
+            [net.deertopia.publisher.roam :as roam]
             [org.httpkit.server :as http]
             [reitit.coercion]
             [reitit.coercion.spec]
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@
             [spec-tools.spell]
             [reitit.spec]
             [reitit.dev.pretty]
-            [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]))
+            [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
+            [net.deertopia.doerg.render :as doerg-render]))
 
 
 ;;; Routes
@@ -35,18 +37,19 @@
       response/response
       (response/content-type "text/html")))
 
-(defn node-by-slug [req]
+(defn node-by-slug [{{{:keys [slug]} :path} :parameters}]
   (-> (hiccup/html {}
         [:html
          [:head
-          [:title "node-by-slug"]
+          [:title "node by sluggg"]
           doerg-html/charset
           doerg-html/viewport]
          [:body
           [:h1 "node by slug"]
           [:pre
            (with-out-str
-             (pprint (:parameters req)))]]])
+             (pprint (-> slug slug/from-string roam/get-node
+                         roam/org-file)))]]])
       str
       response/response
       (response/content-type "text/html")))
@@ -58,10 +61,10 @@
   (reitit.ring/router
    #{["/" {:get hello}]
      ["/n/:slug"
-      {:get {:handler node-by-slug
+      {:get {:handler #'node-by-slug
              :parameters
              {:path {:slug ::slug/slug}}}}]
-     ["/id/:id" {:get node-by-id}]}
+     ["/id/:id" {:get #'node-by-id}]}
    {:validate reitit.spec/validate
     :exception reitit.dev.pretty/exception
     :spec (s/merge :reitit.spec/default-data)