diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
index 638f2b0..5972683 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ post {
 
 body:json {
   {
-    "title": "Test Snippet",
-    "slug": "test-snippet",
+    "title": "TEST from Bruno",
+    "slug": "bruno-test",
     "markdown": "this is a test",
     "tags": ["test"]
   }
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823c7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+meta {
+  name: delete_snippet
+  type: http
+  seq: 5
+}
+
+delete {
+  url: {{host}}/api/snippet?id=952cdf1a-a2a8-4fe2-9354-953b240136ae
+  body: none
+  auth: none
+}
+
+params:query {
+  id: 952cdf1a-a2a8-4fe2-9354-953b240136ae
+}
+
+body:json {
+  {
+    "title": "Test Snippet",
+    "markdown": "## Cool Snippet\ndoes a cool thing",
+    "tags": ["git", "jj"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/environments/local.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/environments/local.bru
index 529e6ae..2e017ca 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/environments/local.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/environments/local.bru
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 vars {
-  host: http://localhost:3000
+  host: http://localhost:8080
 }
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru
index 6ee7097..a61d3f4 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ meta {
 }
 
 get {
-  url: 192.168.1.157:29406/api/snippet?limit=4&skip=0
+  url: {{host}}/api/snippet?limit=100&skip=0
   body: none
   auth: none
 }
 
 params:query {
-  limit: 4
+  limit: 100
   skip: 0
 }
 
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index a191441..6b12105 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
         com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.3.1002"}
         org.postgresql/postgresql {:mvn/version "42.7.6"}
         frontmatter/frontmatter {:mvn/version "0.0.1"}
+        ;; logging
+        com.taoensso/telemere {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
 
         ;; environment variables
         environ/environ {:mvn/version "1.2.0"}
diff --git a/src/snippets/api.clj b/src/snippets/api.clj
index 6275199..3d59d97 100644
--- a/src/snippets/api.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/api.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   (:require
    [ring.adapter.jetty :as jetty]
    [clojure.pprint :as pprint]
-   [snippets.db :as db]
+   [taoensso.telemere :as t]
+   [snippets.core :as core]
    [snippets.config :as config]
    [muuntaja.middleware :as mm]
    [ring.middleware.params]
@@ -13,14 +14,21 @@
   {:status 200, :body "ok"})
 
 (defn handle-create-snippet [{body :body-params}]
-  (pprint/pprint body)
+  (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:body body}} "Received request to create snippet")
+  (core/create-snippet body)
   {:status 200, :body "snippet created"})
 
 (defn handle-view-snippet [{params :query-params}]
   (let [limit (Integer/parseInt (get params "limit" "10"))
         skip (Integer/parseInt (get params "skip" "0"))]
     {:status 200
-     :body (db/list-snippets {:limit limit :skip skip})}))
+     :body (core/list-snippets {:limit limit :skip skip})}))
+
+(defn handle-delete-snippet [{params :query-params}]
+  (let [id (get params "id")]
+    (core/delete-snippet id)
+    {:status 200
+     :body (format "Deleted snippet with id: %s if it existed" id)}))
 
 (defn wrap [handler id]
   (fn [request]
@@ -34,7 +42,8 @@
                           [wrap :api]]}
      ["/ping" {:get handle-ping}]
      ["/snippet" {:post handle-create-snippet
-                  :get handle-view-snippet}]])
+                  :get handle-view-snippet
+                  :delete handle-delete-snippet}]])
    (rr/create-default-handler)))
 
 ;; (defroutes app-routes
diff --git a/src/snippets/core.clj b/src/snippets/core.clj
index 9ac9c0f..11a8ad6 100644
--- a/src/snippets/core.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/core.clj
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-(ns snippets.core)
+(ns snippets.core
+  (:require
+   [taoensso.telemere :as t]
+   [snippets.db :as db]))
+
+(defn- uuid [] (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))
+
+(defn create-snippet [{:keys [title slug markdown tags]}]
+  (let [id (uuid)
+        pub-date (java.util.Date.)]
+    (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:title title :slug slug :id id}} "Creating snippet")
+    (db/put-snippet id {:title title :slug slug :markdown markdown :tags tags :pub-date pub-date})))
+
+(defn list-snippets [& args]
+  (db/list-snippets args))
+
+(defn delete-snippet [key]
+  (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:key key}} "Deleting snippet by id")
+  (db/delete-snippet key))
diff --git a/src/snippets/db.clj b/src/snippets/db.clj
index a2df8b5..c5f419b 100644
--- a/src/snippets/db.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/db.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns snippets.db
   (:require
+   [taoensso.telemere :as t]
    [snippets.config :as config]
    [xtdb.api :as xt]))
 
@@ -13,13 +14,21 @@
      ;; :password "xtdb"
       :dbname "xtdb"})))
 
-(defn uuid [] (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))
-
 ;; xtdb query docs: https://docs.xtdb.com/reference/main/xtql/queries.html#_limit
 (defn list-snippets [{:keys [skip limit]}]
   (xt/q client
         (eval
          (read-string
-          (format "(quote (-> (from :snippets [* {:xt/id id}]) (offset %s) (limit %s)))" skip limit)))))
+          (format "(quote (-> (from :snippets [* {:xt/id id}]) (order-by {:val pub-date, :dir :desc, :nulls :last}) (offset %s) (limit %s)))" skip limit)))))
 
-  ;; (xt/execute-tx client [[:put-docs :snippets (merge snippet {:xt/id (uuid)})]]))
+(defn put-snippet [id snippet]
+  (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:snippet snippet :id id}} "Saving new snippet to db")
+  (xt/execute-tx client [[:put-docs :snippets (merge snippet {:xt/id id})]]))
+
+(defn delete-snippet [id]
+  (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:id id}} "Deleting snippet")
+  (xt/execute-tx client [[:delete-docs :snippets id]]))
+
+(defn erase-snippet [id]
+  (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:id id}} "Erasing snippet, aka removing it completely through out time")
+  (xt/execute-tx client [[:erase-docs :snippets id]]))