diff --git a/vulkan.d b/vulkan.d
index 3e459e0..abcbea1 100644
--- a/vulkan.d
+++ b/vulkan.d
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import core.stdc.stdio : Printf = printf;
 import std.format : sformat;
 import std.math.rounding : Ceil = ceil;
 
+debug
+{
+	const BUILD_DEBUG = true;
+}
+
 alias InitRenderer = Init;
 alias Renderer = Vulkan;
 alias Shader = VkShaderModule;
diff --git a/vulkan_funcs.d b/vulkan_funcs.d
index bb08447..56cf773 100644
--- a/vulkan_funcs.d
+++ b/vulkan_funcs.d
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 public import vulkan_includes;
+import vulkan_util;
 import vulkan : Vulkan, VULKAN_LIBS;
 
 @nogc:
diff --git a/vulkan_util.d b/vulkan_util.d
index fc97334..086b996 100644
--- a/vulkan_util.d
+++ b/vulkan_util.d
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ alias b32 = uint;
 
 alias usize = size_t;
 
+alias intptr = i64;
+alias uintptr = u64;
+
 const DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT = (void *).sizeof * 2;
 
 version(linux)
@@ -154,6 +157,34 @@ CheckNil(T)(Node!(T)* nil, Node!(T)* node)
 	return node == null || node == nil;
 }
 
+T*
+Alloc(T)()
+{
+	void* mem = MemAlloc(T.sizeof);
+	memset(mem, 0, T.sizeof);
+	return (cast(T*)mem);
+}
+
+T[]
+AllocArray(T)(u64 count)
+{
+	void* mem = MemAlloc(T.sizeof * count);
+	memset(mem, 0, T.sizeof * count);
+	return (cast(T*)mem)[0 .. count];
+}
+
+void
+FreeArray(T)(T[] arr)
+{
+	MemFree(cast(void*)arr.ptr, T.sizeof * arr.length);
+}
+
+void 
+Free(T)(T* ptr)
+{
+	MemFree(cast(void*)ptr, T.sizeof);
+}
+
 struct Arena
 {
 	u8* mem;