diff --git a/remix/app/components/Thingtime/Thingtime.tsx b/remix/app/components/Thingtime/Thingtime.tsx
index 0ee38d0..b2801b4 100644
--- a/remix/app/components/Thingtime/Thingtime.tsx
+++ b/remix/app/components/Thingtime/Thingtime.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,183 @@
-import React from "react"
-import { Box, Flex } from "@chakra-ui/react"
+import React from 'react'
+import { Box, Flex } from '@chakra-ui/react'
 
 export const Thingtime = props => {
-
   const thing = React.useMemo(() => {
     return props.thing
   }, [props.thing])
 
-  return <Flex flexDir="column">
-    <pre>
-      {JSON.stringify(thing, null, 2)}
-    </pre>
-  </Flex>
-  
-}
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+  const mode = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return 'view'
+  }, [])
+
+  const validKeyTypes = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return ['object', 'array']
+  }, [])
+
+  const keys = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (validKeyTypes?.includes(typeof thing)) {
+      return Object.keys(thing)
+    } else {
+      return []
+    }
+  }, [thing, validKeyTypes])
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (window?.thingtime?.things) {
+      window.thingtime.things.count =
+        (window?.thingtime?.things?.count || 1) + 1
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  const type = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return typeof thing
+  }, [thing])
+
+  const renderableValue = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (type === 'string') {
+      return thing
+    } else if (type === 'number') {
+      return thing
+    } else if (type === 'boolean') {
+      return thing ? 'true' : 'false'
+    } else if (type === 'object') {
+      return JSON.stringify(thing, null, 2)
+    } else {
+      return null
+    }
+  }, [thing, type])
+
+  const flattenedKeys = React.useMemo(() => {
+    // create an array of all keys on object so that if object is
+    // { my: { child: {} } }
+    // the array looks like
+    // ['my', 'my.child']
+
+    const ret = []
+
+    try {
+      const randId = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7)
+
+      window.thingtime.tmp[randId] = 0
+
+      const recurse = (obj, prefix) => {
+        Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
+          if (typeof obj[key] === 'object') {
+            if (window?.thingtime?.tmp[randId] < 1000) {
+              window.thingtime.tmp[randId]++
+              recurse(obj[key], `${prefix}${prefix && '.'}${key}`)
+            } else {
+              console.error('Recursion limit reached in Thingtime.tsx')
+            }
+          } else {
+            ret.push({
+              key: `${prefix}${prefix && '.'}${key}`,
+              human: `${prefix}${prefix && ' '}${key}`
+            })
+          }
+        })
+      }
+
+      console.log('nik ret 1', thing)
+
+      recurse(thing, '')
+    } catch (err) {
+      // console.error('Error in Thingtime.tsx creating flattenedKeys', err)
+    }
+
+    console.log('nik ret 2', ret)
+
+    return ret
+  }, [thing])
+
+  // do not render more than the limit of things to prevent infinite loops
+  try {
+    if (
+      typeof window?.thingtime?.things?.count === 'number' &&
+      window?.thingtime?.things?.count > window?.thingtime?.things?.limit
+    ) {
+      console.error('Maximum things reached')
+      return null
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    // console.error('Error in Thingtime.tsx checking maximum things', err)
+  }
+
+  let ret = null
+
+  const keysToUse = keys
+  // const keysToUse = flattenedKeys
+
+  const template1Modes = ['view', 'edit']
+
+  if (template1Modes?.includes(mode)) {
+    console.log('nik keys', keys)
+    if (keys?.length) {
+      ret = (
+        <Flex
+          position='relative'
+          flexDir='column'
+          minW='500px'
+          maxW='100%'
+          pl={6}
+        >
+          {keysToUse?.length &&
+            keysToUse.map((key, idx) => {
+              if (!key?.human) {
+                key = {
+                  human: key,
+                  key: key
+                }
+              }
+
+              const nextThing = thing[key?.key]
+
+              return (
+                <Thingtime
+                  key={idx}
+                  parent={thing}
+                  path={key}
+                  thing={nextThing}
+                ></Thingtime>
+              )
+            })}
+        </Flex>
+      )
+    } else {
+      ret = (
+        <Flex flexDir='column'>
+          <Box>{props?.key?.human}</Box>
+          <Box
+            contentEditable={mode === 'edit'}
+            border='none'
+            outline={'none'}
+            py={2}
+            fontSize={'20px'}
+          >
+            {renderableValue}
+          </Box>
+        </Flex>
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  const contextMenu = (
+    <Flex position='absolute' top={0} right={0}>
+      Settings
+    </Flex>
+  )
+
+  const [showContextMenu, setShowContextMenu] = React.useState(false)
+
+  return (
+    <Flex
+      onMouseEnter={() => setShowContextMenu(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={() => setShowContextMenu(false)}
+      position='relative'
+      {...props}
+    >
+      {showContextMenu && contextMenu}
+      {ret}
+    </Flex>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/remix/app/components/Thingtime/ThingtimeDemo.tsx b/remix/app/components/Thingtime/ThingtimeDemo.tsx
index 48af325..6da1060 100644
--- a/remix/app/components/Thingtime/ThingtimeDemo.tsx
+++ b/remix/app/components/Thingtime/ThingtimeDemo.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ export const ThingtimeDemo = props => {
     image: 'thing image',
     price: 100,
     quantity: 1,
-    id: 1
+    id: 1,
+    nested: {
+      data: {
+        is: {
+          fun: "Isn't it?"
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   const [demoThing, setDemoThing] = React.useState(thing)
diff --git a/remix/app/components/rainbowText.tsx b/remix/app/components/rainbowText.tsx
index 0e1fc23..5cc12f1 100644
--- a/remix/app/components/rainbowText.tsx
+++ b/remix/app/components/rainbowText.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const RainbowText = props => {
   return (
     <Text
       as='h1'
+      userSelect={"none"}
       position='relative'
       fontSize='6xl'
       fontWeight='bold'
diff --git a/remix/app/root.tsx b/remix/app/root.tsx
index 2d7264a..6a12ada 100644
--- a/remix/app/root.tsx
+++ b/remix/app/root.tsx
@@ -47,3 +47,17 @@ export default function App () {
     </Document>
   )
 }
+
+
+// limiter
+try {
+  window.thingtime = {
+    tmp: {},
+    things: {
+      limit: 999,
+      count: 0,
+    }
+  }
+} catch (err) {
+  // will error on server
+}
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diff --git a/remix/app/routes/index.tsx b/remix/app/routes/index.tsx
index f27bdb9..a7291e0 100644
--- a/remix/app/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/remix/app/routes/index.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { ThingtimeDemo } from '~/components/Thingtime/ThingtimeDemo'
 
 export default function Index () {
   return (
-    <Flex flexDir="column" alignItems='center' justifyContent='center'>
+    <Flex pb={40} flexDir="column" alignItems='center' justifyContent='center'>
       <Splash></Splash>
-      {/* <ThingtimeDemo></ThingtimeDemo> */}
+      <ThingtimeDemo></ThingtimeDemo>
     </Flex>
   )
 }