diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 941419c..4023d2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ version = "0.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c676a478f63e9fa2dd5368a42f28bba0d6c560b775f38583c8bbaa7fcd67c9c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -628,6 +634,7 @@ checksum = "4501abdff3ae82a1c1b477a17252eb69cee9e66eb915c1abaa4f44d873df9f09"
 name = "sdk"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
  "color-eyre",
  "csv-async",
  "futures",
diff --git a/lib/sdk/Cargo.toml b/lib/sdk/Cargo.toml
index 82d2552..dda9084 100644
--- a/lib/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+byteorder = "1.4.3"
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 csv-async = { version = "1.2.4", features = ["tokio", "serde"] }
 futures = "0.3.25"
diff --git a/lib/sdk/src/binary.rs b/lib/sdk/src/binary.rs
index 925f61f..53f93eb 100644
--- a/lib/sdk/src/binary.rs
+++ b/lib/sdk/src/binary.rs
@@ -152,3 +152,156 @@ where
         Ok(0)
     }
 }
+
+pub mod sync {
+    use std::io::{self, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
+
+    use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+    use color_eyre::eyre::WrapErr;
+    use color_eyre::{Help, Result, SectionExt};
+
+    macro_rules! make_read {
+        ($func:ident, $read:ident, $type:ty) => {
+            fn $read(&mut self) -> io::Result<$type> {
+                ReadBytesExt::$func::<LittleEndian>(&mut self)
+            }
+
+            fn $func(&mut self) -> Result<$type> {
+                let res = ReadExt::$read(&mut self)
+                    .wrap_err(concat!("failed to read ", stringify!($type)));
+
+                if res.is_ok() {
+                    return res;
+                }
+
+                let pos = self.stream_position();
+                if pos.is_ok() {
+                    res.with_section(|| {
+                        format!("{pos:#X} ({pos})", pos = pos.unwrap()).header("Position: ")
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    res
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    macro_rules! make_write {
+        ($func:ident, $write:ident, $type:ty) => {
+            fn $write(&mut self, val: $type) -> io::Result<()> {
+                WriteBytesExt::$func::<LittleEndian>(&mut self, val)
+            }
+
+            fn $func(&mut self, val: $type) -> Result<()> {
+                let res = WriteExt::$write(&mut self, val)
+                    .wrap_err(concat!("failed to write ", stringify!($type)));
+
+                if res.is_ok() {
+                    return res;
+                }
+
+                let pos = self.stream_position();
+                if pos.is_ok() {
+                    res.with_section(|| {
+                        format!("{pos:#X} ({pos})", pos = pos.unwrap()).header("Position: ")
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    res
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    macro_rules! make_skip {
+        ($func:ident, $read:ident, $type:ty) => {
+            fn $func(&mut self, cmp: $type) -> Result<()> {
+                let val = ReadExt::$read(&mut self)?;
+
+                if val != cmp {
+                    let pos = self.stream_position().unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+                    tracing::debug!(
+                        pos,
+                        expected = cmp,
+                        actual = val,
+                        "Unexpected value for skipped {}",
+                        stringify!($type)
+                    );
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub trait ReadExt: ReadBytesExt + Seek {
+        fn read_u8(&mut self) -> io::Result<u8> {
+            ReadBytesExt::read_u8(&mut self)
+        }
+
+        make_read!(read_u32, read_u32_le, u32);
+        make_read!(read_u64, read_u64_le, u64);
+
+        make_skip!(skip_u8, read_u8, u8);
+        make_skip!(skip_u32, read_u32, u32);
+
+        fn skip_padding(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+            let pos = self.stream_position()?;
+            let padding_size = 16 - (pos % 16);
+
+            if padding_size < 16 && padding_size > 0 {
+                tracing::trace!(pos, padding_size, "Skipping padding");
+                self.seek(SeekFrom::Current(padding_size as i64))?;
+            } else {
+                tracing::trace!(pos, padding_size, "No padding to skip");
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub trait WriteExt: WriteBytesExt + Seek {
+        make_write!(write_u32, write_u32_le, u32);
+        make_write!(write_u64, write_u64_le, u64);
+
+        fn write_padding(&mut self) -> io::Result<usize> {
+            let pos = self.stream_position()?;
+            let size = 16 - (pos % 16) as usize;
+
+            tracing::trace!(padding_size = size, "Writing padding");
+
+            if size > 0 && size < 16 {
+                let buf = vec![0; size];
+                self.write_all(&buf)?;
+                Ok(size)
+            } else {
+                Ok(0)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<R: ReadBytesExt + Seek + ?Sized> ReadExt for R {}
+    impl<W: WriteBytesExt + Seek + ?Sized> WriteExt for W {}
+
+    pub(crate) fn _read_up_to<R>(r: &mut R, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize>
+    where
+        R: Read + Seek,
+    {
+        let pos = r.stream_position()?;
+
+        let err = {
+            match r.read_exact(buf) {
+                Ok(_) => return Ok(buf.len()),
+                Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+                    r.seek(SeekFrom::Start(pos))?;
+                    match r.read_to_end(buf) {
+                        Ok(read) => return Ok(read),
+                        Err(err) => err,
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(err) => err,
+            }
+        };
+
+        Err(err).with_section(|| format!("{pos:#X} ({pos})", pos = pos).header("Position: "))
+    }
+}