diff --git a/.clangd b/.clangd
index 94c8d46c..362ef40d 100644
--- a/.clangd
+++ b/.clangd
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 Diagnostics:
-  Suppress:
-    - pp_pragma_once_in_main_file
+  Suppress: pp_pragma_once_in_main_file
   UnusedIncludes: None
diff --git a/BACKLOG.md b/BACKLOG.md
index 22d1b69f..ba5195ad 100644
--- a/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/BACKLOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# reader2
+
+## globalsymtab for essential primitives
+
+rework essential primitives (*,/,+,-,==,!=,..)
+so parser doesn't rely on magic globalsymtab lookup strings.
+
+## support missing primitives
+
+tokenizer support + utest for !=,<,>,<=,>=
+
+## boolean operators
+
+^ (xor), | (or), & (and), ~ (not)
+
 # gc
 
 ## remove_root