diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc48ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+buildpath=/tmp/gh-osc
+target=gh-osc
+timestamp=$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+mkdir -p ${buildpath}
+gobuild="go build -o $buildpath/$target go/cmd/gh-osc/main.go"
+
+echo "Building OS/X binary"
+echo "GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 $gobuild" | bash
+(cd $buildpath && tar cfz ./gh-osc-binary-osx-${timestamp}.tar.gz $target)
+
+echo "Building linux binary"
+echo "GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 $gobuild" | bash
+(cd $buildpath && tar cfz ./gh-osc-binary-linux-${timestamp}.tar.gz $target)
+
+echo "Binaries found in:"
+ls -1 $buildpath/gh-osc-binary*${timestamp}.tar.gz
diff --git a/go/binlog/binlog.go b/go/binlog/binlog.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6925fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/binlog/binlog.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+   Copyright 2015 Shlomi Noach, courtesy Booking.com
+*/
+
+package binlog
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type BinlogType int
+
+const (
+	BinaryLog BinlogType = iota
+	RelayLog
+)
+
+// BinlogCoordinates described binary log coordinates in the form of log file & log position.
+type BinlogCoordinates struct {
+	LogFile string
+	LogPos  int64
+	Type    BinlogType
+}
+
+// ParseBinlogCoordinates will parse an InstanceKey from a string representation such as 127.0.0.1:3306
+func ParseBinlogCoordinates(logFileLogPos string) (*BinlogCoordinates, error) {
+	tokens := strings.SplitN(logFileLogPos, ":", 2)
+	if len(tokens) != 2 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ParseBinlogCoordinates: Cannot parse BinlogCoordinates from %s. Expected format is file:pos", logFileLogPos)
+	}
+
+	if logPos, err := strconv.ParseInt(tokens[1], 10, 0); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ParseBinlogCoordinates: invalid pos: %s", tokens[1])
+	} else {
+		return &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: tokens[0], LogPos: logPos}, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// DisplayString returns a user-friendly string representation of these coordinates
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) DisplayString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", this.LogFile, this.LogPos)
+}
+
+// String returns a user-friendly string representation of these coordinates
+func (this BinlogCoordinates) String() string {
+	return this.DisplayString()
+}
+
+// Equals tests equality of this corrdinate and another one.
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) Equals(other *BinlogCoordinates) bool {
+	if other == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return this.LogFile == other.LogFile && this.LogPos == other.LogPos && this.Type == other.Type
+}
+
+// IsEmpty returns true if the log file is empty, unnamed
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return this.LogFile == ""
+}
+
+// SmallerThan returns true if this coordinate is strictly smaller than the other.
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) SmallerThan(other *BinlogCoordinates) bool {
+	if this.LogFile < other.LogFile {
+		return true
+	}
+	if this.LogFile == other.LogFile && this.LogPos < other.LogPos {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// SmallerThanOrEquals returns true if this coordinate is the same or equal to the other one.
+// We do NOT compare the type so we can not use this.Equals()
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) SmallerThanOrEquals(other *BinlogCoordinates) bool {
+	if this.SmallerThan(other) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return this.LogFile == other.LogFile && this.LogPos == other.LogPos // No Type comparison
+}
+
+// FileSmallerThan returns true if this coordinate's file is strictly smaller than the other's.
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) FileSmallerThan(other *BinlogCoordinates) bool {
+	return this.LogFile < other.LogFile
+}
+
+// FileNumberDistance returns the numeric distance between this corrdinate's file number and the other's.
+// Effectively it means "how many roatets/FLUSHes would make these coordinates's file reach the other's"
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) FileNumberDistance(other *BinlogCoordinates) int {
+	thisNumber, _ := this.FileNumber()
+	otherNumber, _ := other.FileNumber()
+	return otherNumber - thisNumber
+}
+
+// FileNumber returns the numeric value of the file, and the length in characters representing the number in the filename.
+// Example: FileNumber() of mysqld.log.000789 is (789, 6)
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) FileNumber() (int, int) {
+	tokens := strings.Split(this.LogFile, ".")
+	numPart := tokens[len(tokens)-1]
+	numLen := len(numPart)
+	fileNum, err := strconv.Atoi(numPart)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0
+	}
+	return fileNum, numLen
+}
+
+// PreviousFileCoordinatesBy guesses the filename of the previous binlog/relaylog, by given offset (number of files back)
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) PreviousFileCoordinatesBy(offset int) (BinlogCoordinates, error) {
+	result := BinlogCoordinates{LogPos: 0, Type: this.Type}
+
+	fileNum, numLen := this.FileNumber()
+	if fileNum == 0 {
+		return result, errors.New("Log file number is zero, cannot detect previous file")
+	}
+	newNumStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", (fileNum - offset))
+	newNumStr = strings.Repeat("0", numLen-len(newNumStr)) + newNumStr
+
+	tokens := strings.Split(this.LogFile, ".")
+	tokens[len(tokens)-1] = newNumStr
+	result.LogFile = strings.Join(tokens, ".")
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// PreviousFileCoordinates guesses the filename of the previous binlog/relaylog
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) PreviousFileCoordinates() (BinlogCoordinates, error) {
+	return this.PreviousFileCoordinatesBy(1)
+}
+
+// NextFileCoordinates guesses the filename of the next binlog/relaylog
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) NextFileCoordinates() (BinlogCoordinates, error) {
+	result := BinlogCoordinates{LogPos: 0, Type: this.Type}
+
+	fileNum, numLen := this.FileNumber()
+	newNumStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", (fileNum + 1))
+	newNumStr = strings.Repeat("0", numLen-len(newNumStr)) + newNumStr
+
+	tokens := strings.Split(this.LogFile, ".")
+	tokens[len(tokens)-1] = newNumStr
+	result.LogFile = strings.Join(tokens, ".")
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/go/binlog/binlog_reader.go b/go/binlog/binlog_reader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a837249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/binlog/binlog_reader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2016 GitHub Inc.
+*/
+
+package binlog
+
+type BinlogEntry struct {
+	LogPos        uint64
+	EndLogPos     uint64
+	StatementType string // INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
+	DatabaseName  string
+	TableName     string
+}
+
+type BinlogReader interface {
+	ReadEntries(logFile string, startPos uint64, stopPos uint64) (entries [](*BinlogEntry), err error)
+}
diff --git a/go/binlog/binlog_test.go b/go/binlog/binlog_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1314d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/binlog/binlog_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+   Copyright 2014 Outbrain Inc.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package binlog
+
+import (
+	"github.com/outbrain/golib/log"
+	test "github.com/outbrain/golib/tests"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	log.SetLevel(log.ERROR)
+}
+
+func TestBinlogCoordinates(t *testing.T) {
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	c2 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	c3 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 5000}
+	c4 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00112", LogPos: 104}
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c1.Equals(&c2))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c1.Equals(&c3))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c1.Equals(&c4))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c1.SmallerThan(&c2))
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c1.SmallerThan(&c3))
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c1.SmallerThan(&c4))
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c3.SmallerThan(&c4))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c3.SmallerThan(&c2))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c4.SmallerThan(&c2))
+	test.S(t).ExpectFalse(c4.SmallerThan(&c3))
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c1.SmallerThanOrEquals(&c2))
+	test.S(t).ExpectTrue(c1.SmallerThanOrEquals(&c3))
+}
+
+func TestBinlogNext(t *testing.T) {
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err := c1.NextFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql-bin.00018")
+
+	c2 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00099", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err = c2.NextFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql-bin.00100")
+
+	c3 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql.00.prod.com.00099", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err = c3.NextFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql.00.prod.com.00100")
+}
+
+func TestBinlogPrevious(t *testing.T) {
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err := c1.PreviousFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql-bin.00016")
+
+	c2 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00100", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err = c2.PreviousFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql-bin.00099")
+
+	c3 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql.00.prod.com.00100", LogPos: 104}
+	cres, err = c3.PreviousFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNil(err)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.Type, cres.Type)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(cres.LogFile, "mysql.00.prod.com.00099")
+
+	c4 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql.00.prod.com.00000", LogPos: 104}
+	_, err = c4.PreviousFileCoordinates()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectNotNil(err)
+}
+
+func TestBinlogCoordinatesAsKey(t *testing.T) {
+	m := make(map[BinlogCoordinates]bool)
+
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	c2 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00022", LogPos: 104}
+	c3 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	c4 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 222}
+
+	m[c1] = true
+	m[c2] = true
+	m[c3] = true
+	m[c4] = true
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(len(m), 3)
+}
+
+func TestBinlogFileNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	c2 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00022", LogPos: 104}
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.FileNumberDistance(&c1), 0)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c1.FileNumberDistance(&c2), 5)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(c2.FileNumberDistance(&c1), -5)
+}
+
+func TestBinlogFileNumberDistance(t *testing.T) {
+	c1 := BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 104}
+	fileNum, numLen := c1.FileNumber()
+
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(fileNum, 17)
+	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(numLen, 5)
+}
diff --git a/go/binlog/mysqlbinlog_reader.go b/go/binlog/mysqlbinlog_reader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5356a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/binlog/mysqlbinlog_reader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2016 GitHub Inc.
+*/
+
+package binlog
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/github/gh-osc/go/os"
+	"github.com/outbrain/golib/log"
+)
+
+var (
+	binlogChunkSizeBytes         uint64 = 32 * 1024 * 1024
+	startEntryRegexp                    = regexp.MustCompile("^# at ([0-9]+)$")
+	startEntryUnknownTableRegexp        = regexp.MustCompile("^### Row event for unknown table .*? at ([0-9]+)$")
+	endLogPosRegexp                     = regexp.MustCompile("^#[0-9]{6} .*? end_log_pos ([0-9]+)")
+	statementRegxp                      = regexp.MustCompile("### (INSERT INTO|UPDATE|DELETE FROM) `(.*?)`[.]`(.*?)`")
+)
+
+// MySQLBinlogReader reads binary log entries by executing the `mysqlbinlog`
+// process and textually parsing its output
+type MySQLBinlogReader struct {
+	Basedir           string
+	Datadir           string
+	MySQLBinlogBinary string
+}
+
+func NewMySQLBinlogReader(basedir string, datadir string) (mySQLBinlogReader *MySQLBinlogReader) {
+	mySQLBinlogReader = &MySQLBinlogReader{
+		Basedir: basedir,
+		Datadir: datadir,
+	}
+	mySQLBinlogReader.MySQLBinlogBinary = path.Join(mySQLBinlogReader.Basedir, "bin/mysqlbinlog")
+	return mySQLBinlogReader
+}
+
+// ReadEntries will read binlog entries from parsed text output of `mysqlbinlog` utility
+func (this *MySQLBinlogReader) ReadEntries(logFile string, startPos uint64, stopPos uint64) (entries [](*BinlogEntry), err error) {
+	if startPos == 0 {
+		startPos = 4
+	}
+	done := false
+	chunkStartPos := startPos
+	for !done {
+		chunkStopPos := chunkStartPos + binlogChunkSizeBytes
+		if chunkStopPos > stopPos && stopPos != 0 {
+			chunkStopPos = stopPos
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Next chunk range %d - %d", chunkStartPos, chunkStopPos)
+		binlogFilePath := path.Join(this.Datadir, logFile)
+		command := fmt.Sprintf(`%s --verbose --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS --start-position=%d --stop-position=%d %s`, this.MySQLBinlogBinary, chunkStartPos, chunkStopPos, binlogFilePath)
+		entriesBytes, err := os.RunCommandWithOutput(command)
+		if err != nil {
+			return entries, log.Errore(err)
+		}
+		chunkEntries, err := parseEntries(entriesBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return entries, log.Errore(err)
+		}
+
+		if len(chunkEntries) == 0 {
+			done = true
+		} else {
+			entries = append(entries, chunkEntries...)
+			lastChunkEntry := chunkEntries[len(chunkEntries)-1]
+			chunkStartPos = lastChunkEntry.EndLogPos
+		}
+	}
+	return entries, err
+}
+
+func parseEntries(entriesBytes []byte) (entries [](*BinlogEntry), err error) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(entriesBytes))
+	expectEndLogPos := false
+	var startLogPos uint64
+	var endLogPos uint64
+
+	binlogEntry := &BinlogEntry{}
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+
+		onStartEntry := func(submatch []string) error {
+			startLogPos, _ = strconv.ParseUint(submatch[1], 10, 64)
+
+			if endLogPos != 0 && startLogPos != endLogPos {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Expected startLogPos %+v to equal previous endLogPos %+v", startLogPos, endLogPos)
+			}
+			// We are entering a new entry, let's push the previous one
+			if binlogEntry.LogPos != 0 && binlogEntry.StatementType != "" {
+				entries = append(entries, binlogEntry)
+				log.Debugf("entry: %+v", *binlogEntry)
+				binlogEntry = &BinlogEntry{}
+			}
+
+			//log.Debugf(line)
+			binlogEntry.LogPos = startLogPos
+			// Next iteration we will read the end_log_pos
+			expectEndLogPos = true
+
+			return nil
+		}
+		if expectEndLogPos {
+			submatch := endLogPosRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(line)
+			if len(submatch) <= 1 {
+				return entries, log.Errorf("Expected to find end_log_pos following pos %+v", startLogPos)
+			}
+			endLogPos, _ = strconv.ParseUint(submatch[1], 10, 64)
+
+			binlogEntry.EndLogPos = endLogPos
+			expectEndLogPos = false
+		} else if submatch := startEntryRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(submatch) > 1 {
+			if err := onStartEntry(submatch); err != nil {
+				return entries, log.Errore(err)
+			}
+		} else if submatch := startEntryUnknownTableRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(submatch) > 1 {
+			if err := onStartEntry(submatch); err != nil {
+				return entries, log.Errore(err)
+			}
+		} else if submatch := statementRegxp.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(submatch) > 1 {
+			binlogEntry.StatementType = strings.Split(submatch[1], " ")[0]
+			binlogEntry.DatabaseName = submatch[2]
+			binlogEntry.TableName = submatch[3]
+		}
+
+	}
+	if binlogEntry.LogPos != 0 {
+		entries = append(entries, binlogEntry)
+		log.Debugf("entry: %+v", *binlogEntry)
+	}
+	return entries, err
+}
diff --git a/go/cmd/gh-osc/main.go b/go/cmd/gh-osc/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e9d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/cmd/gh-osc/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/github/gh-osc/go/binlog"
+	"github.com/outbrain/golib/log"
+)
+
+// main is the application's entry point. It will either spawn a CLI or HTTP itnerfaces.
+func main() {
+	mysqlBasedir := flag.String("mysql-basedir", "", "the --basedir config for MySQL (auto-detected if not given)")
+	mysqlDatadir := flag.String("mysql-datadir", "", "the --datadir config for MySQL (auto-detected if not given)")
+	internalExperiment := flag.Bool("internal-experiment", false, "issue an internal experiment")
+	binlogFile := flag.String("binlog-file", "", "Name of binary log file")
+	quiet := flag.Bool("quiet", false, "quiet")
+	verbose := flag.Bool("verbose", false, "verbose")
+	debug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "debug mode (very verbose)")
+	stack := flag.Bool("stack", false, "add stack trace upon error")
+	help := flag.Bool("help", false, "Display usage")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *help {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage of gh-osc:\n")
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.SetLevel(log.ERROR)
+	if *verbose {
+		log.SetLevel(log.INFO)
+	}
+	if *debug {
+		log.SetLevel(log.DEBUG)
+	}
+	if *stack {
+		log.SetPrintStackTrace(*stack)
+	}
+	if *quiet {
+		// Override!!
+		log.SetLevel(log.ERROR)
+	}
+	log.Info("starting gh-osc")
+
+	if *internalExperiment {
+		log.Debug("starting experiment")
+		binlogReader := binlog.NewMySQLBinlogReader(*mysqlBasedir, *mysqlDatadir)
+		binlogReader.ReadEntries(*binlogFile, 0, 0)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/os/process.go b/go/os/process.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee19b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/os/process.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+   Copyright 2014 Outbrain Inc.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package os
+
+import (
+	"github.com/outbrain/golib/log"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func execCmd(commandText string, arguments ...string) (*exec.Cmd, string, error) {
+	commandBytes := []byte(commandText)
+	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "gh-osc-process-cmd-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", log.Errore(err)
+	}
+	ioutil.WriteFile(tmpFile.Name(), commandBytes, 0644)
+	log.Debugf("execCmd: %s", commandText)
+	shellArguments := append([]string{}, tmpFile.Name())
+	shellArguments = append(shellArguments, arguments...)
+	log.Debugf("%+v", shellArguments)
+	return exec.Command("bash", shellArguments...), tmpFile.Name(), nil
+
+	//return exec.Command(commandText, arguments...) , "", nil
+}
+
+// CommandRun executes a command
+func CommandRun(commandText string, arguments ...string) error {
+	cmd, tmpFileName, err := execCmd(commandText, arguments...)
+	defer os.Remove(tmpFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return log.Errore(err)
+	}
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	return log.Errore(err)
+}
+
+// RunCommandWithOutput executes a command and return output bytes
+func RunCommandWithOutput(commandText string) ([]byte, error) {
+	cmd, tmpFileName, err := execCmd(commandText)
+	defer os.Remove(tmpFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, log.Errore(err)
+	}
+
+	outputBytes, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, log.Errore(err)
+	}
+
+	return outputBytes, nil
+}