diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index f23b260..6aad6b5 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,72 +1,32 @@
-# project name = the workspace directory name
-NAME := $(shell basename $(PWD))
+SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail -O globstar
 
-# compiler settings
-CC := clang
-STD := c17
-LANG = c
-CFLAGS := -target x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wno-pointer-arith
-LDFLAGS := -lc
+NAME = cpusetcores
+VERSION = 0.0.2
 DEBUG ?= 0
+CC ?= cc
 
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
-CFLAGS += -DDEBUG -fsanitize=address,undefined -g -Og
-PROF := dbg
-else
-REL_FLAGS += -O2
-PROF := rel
-endif
+CFLAGS = -c -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -MMD -MP
+LFLAGS = -flto
 
-# dirs
-DIR_BIN := bin
-DIR_OBJ := obj
-DIR_BUILD := $(DIR_BIN)/$(PROF)
-DIR := $(DIR_BIN)/$(PROF) $(DIR_OBJ)/$(PROF)
+SRC := $(wildcard src/*.c) $(wildcard src/**/*.c)
+OBJ := $(SRC:%.c=obj/%.o)
+BIN := bin/$(NAME)
 
-# source files
-SRC := $(wildcard src/*.c) $(wildcard src/**/*.c) $(wildcard src/**/**/*.c) $(wildcard src/**/**/**/*.c) $(wildcard src/**/**/**/**/*.c)
+.PHONY:
+compile: $(BIN)
 
-# output locations
-OBJ := $(patsubst src/%,$(DIR_OBJ)/$(PROF)/%,$(SRC:.c=.o))
-DEP := $(OBJ:.o=.d)
-TARGET := $(DIR_BUILD)/$(NAME)
+$(BIN): $(OBJ)
+	$(info [CC/LD] $@)
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	@$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-define wr_colour
-	@echo -e "\033[$(2)m$(1)\033[0m"
-endef
+obj/%.o: %.c
+	$(info [CC] $@)
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-compile: compile_commands.json $(DIR) $(TARGET)
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(DIR_BIN) $(DIR_OBJ) compile_commands.json
-
-# create the binary (linking step)
-$(TARGET): $(OBJ)
-	@$(call wr_colour,"CC: '$(CC)'",94)
-	@$(call wr_colour,"CFLAGS: '$(CFLAGS)'",94)
-	@$(call wr_colour,"LDFLAGS: '$(LDFLAGS)'",94)
-	@$(call wr_colour,"linking to: '$@'",92)
-	@$(CC) -o $(TARGET) $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-	@$(call wr_colour,"current profile: '$(PROF)'",93)
-
-# create .o and .d files
-$(DIR_OBJ)/$(PROF)/%.o: src/%.c
-	@$(call wr_colour,"compiling $(notdir $@) from $(notdir $<)",92)
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	@$(CC) -o $@ -MD -MP -c $< $(CFLAGS) -std=$(STD) -x $(LANG) -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
-
-# create directories
-$(DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-# update compile commands if the makefile has been updated (for linting)
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
-compile_commands.json: makefile
-	$(MAKE) clean
-	@touch compile_commands.json
-	bear -- make compile
-else
-compile_commands.json:
-endif
+	rm -rv obj/ bin/
 
 # include the dependencies
 -include $(DEP)