diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adf8f72..9bca002 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 # Go workspace file
 go.work
 
+# Build artifacts
+spud
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ec433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module spud
+
+go 1.22.2
+
+require (
+	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.11.3
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a75610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.10.0 h1:s36xzo75JdqLaaWoiEHk767eHiwo0598uUxyfiPkDsg=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.10.0/go.mod h1:ELkj/draVOlAH/xkhN6mQ50Qd0MPOk5AAr3maGEBuJM=
+github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 h1:HyWk6mgj5qFqCT5fjGBuRArbVDfE4hi8+e8ceBS/t7Q=
+github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0/go.mod h1:taPMhCMXrRLJO55olJkUXHZBHCxTMfnGwq/HNwmWNS8=
+github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 h1:icxd5fm+REJzpZx7ZfpaD876Lmtgy7VtROAbHHXk8no=
+github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1 h1:pH2c5ADXtd66mxoE0Zm9SUhxE20r7aM3F26W0hOn+GE=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1/go.mod h1:nlOn6nFhuKACm19sB/8EGNn9GlaMV7XkbRSipzJ0Ii4=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.11.3 h1:B3W9IdWbvrUu2OYQGwvU1nZtvMQJPBKgBUuweJjLj6I=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.11.3/go.mod h1:wKnAMd44+9JAAnGQpWVEgBzGt3YuTaQ4uXoHvE4m7WU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 h1:hpXL4XnriNwQ/ABnpepYM/1vCLWNDfUNts8dX3xTG6Y=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0/go.mod h1:+8+nEpDfqqsY+g338gtMEUOtuK+4dEMhiQEgxpxOKII=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 h1:c1ghPdyEDarC70ftn0y+A/Ee++9zz8ljHG1b13eJ0s8=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 h1:MVltZSvRTcU2ljQOhs94SXPftV6DCNnZViHeQps87pQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5faf6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type VolumeDefinition struct {
+	Name string `yaml:"name"`
+}
+
+type VolumeConfiguration struct {
+	Name      string `yaml:"name"`
+	Container string `yaml:"container"`
+	Host      string `yaml:"host"`
+}
+
+type ContainerDefinition struct {
+	Name      string                `yaml:"name"`
+	Image     string                `yaml:"image"`
+	Volumes   []VolumeConfiguration `yaml:"volumes"`
+	ExtraArgs []string              `yaml:"extra-args"`
+}
+
+type ServiceDefinition struct {
+	Name       string                `yaml:"name"`
+	Volumes    []VolumeDefinition    `yaml:"volumes"`
+	Containers []ContainerDefinition `yaml:"containers"`
+}
+
+func GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(path string) ServiceDefinition {
+	var definition ServiceDefinition
+
+	defData, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+
+	// TODO: Bubble up error?
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not parse service configuration at %s: %s", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(defData, &definition); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not unpack service configuration: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return definition
+}
+
+func CreateService(definition ServiceDefinition) {
+	var err error
+
+	err = CreatePod(definition.Name)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+
+	knownVolumes := map[string]string{}
+
+	for _, volume := range definition.Volumes {
+		namespacedName := definition.Name + "_" + volume.Name
+		CreateVolume(namespacedName, true)
+		knownVolumes[volume.Name] = namespacedName
+	}
+
+	for _, container := range definition.Containers {
+		if err = CreateContainer(container, knownVolumes, definition.Name); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("%s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var cli = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "spud",
+	Short: "A not-entirely-terrible-way to manage self-hosted services.",
+}
+
+var start = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "start",
+	Short: "Creates or updates a service based on the provided definition.",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		pathProvided := args[0]
+		def := GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(pathProvided)
+		CreateService(def)
+	},
+}
+
+func main() {
+	cli.AddCommand(start)
+	cli.Execute()
+}
diff --git a/podman.go b/podman.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db9602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podman.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+/*
+ * Creates a Podman volume of name `name` if it does not exist.
+ *
+ * If the volume exists, then behaviour depends on `existsOk`:
+ * - If `existsOk` is truthy, then the already-exists error is ignored and
+ *   nothing is done;
+ * - Else, an error is returned.
+ */
+func CreateVolume(name string, existsOk bool) error {
+	args := []string{"volume", "create", name}
+
+	if existsOk {
+		args = append(args, "--ignore")
+	}
+
+	command := exec.Command("podman", args...)
+
+	if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("✅ Created volume \"%s\".", name)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*
+ * Creates a Podman pod to keep related containers together.
+ *
+ */
+func CreatePod(name string) error {
+	args := []string{"pod", "create", "--replace", name}
+
+	command := exec.Command("podman", args...)
+
+	if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("✅ Created pod \"%s\".", name)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*
+ * Creates individual containers.
+ */
+func CreateContainer(definition ContainerDefinition, knownVolumes map[string]string, service string) error {
+	namespacedContainerName := service + "_" + definition.Name
+
+	args := []string{
+		"run",
+		"-d",
+		"--name",
+		namespacedContainerName,
+		"--pod",
+		service,
+		"--replace",
+	}
+
+	for _, volume := range definition.Volumes {
+		var host string
+		container := volume.Container
+
+		if volume.Name != "" {
+			namespacedName := service + "_" + volume.Name
+			host = namespacedName
+		} else if volume.Host != "" {
+			host = volume.Host
+		} else {
+			log.Fatal("Invalid volume source configuration")
+		}
+
+		arg := []string{"-v", host + ":" + container}
+
+		args = append(args, arg...)
+	}
+
+	args = append(args, definition.Image)
+
+	for _, extra := range definition.ExtraArgs {
+		args = append(args, extra)
+	}
+
+	command := exec.Command("podman", args...)
+
+	if err := command.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to start")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := command.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("✅ Started container \"%s\".", namespacedContainerName)
+
+	return nil
+}