first commit, initial layout and some ideas I want to implement, included my linked list impl

.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json

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+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc-14",
+            "cStandard": "c11",
+            "cppStandard": "c++11",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}

.vscode/tasks.json

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+{
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "cppbuild",
+            "label": "C/C++: gcc-14 build active file",
+            "command": "/usr/bin/gcc-14",
+            "args": [
+                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
+                "-g3",
+                "-O0",
+                "-std=c11",
+                "-Wall",
+                "-Wextra",
+                "-Wpedantic",
+                "-Wshadow",
+                "-Wconversion",
+                "-Wstrict-prototypes",
+                "-Wmissing-prototypes",
+                "-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L",
+                "-Iinclude",
+                "${file}",
+                "-o",
+                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
+                "./build/lib/libnickel.a"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0.0"
+}