diff --git a/src/db/Remote.zig b/src/db/Remote.zig
index b4aa2e3..b5091eb 100644
--- a/src/db/Remote.zig
+++ b/src/db/Remote.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const _internal = @import("./_internal.zig");
 const db = &_internal.db;
 
 pub const Remote = struct {
-    id: u64,
+    id: u64 = 0,
     uuid: ulid.ULID,
     type: Type,
     domain: string,
@@ -43,4 +43,15 @@ pub const Remote = struct {
         if (all_remotes.len > 0) return all_remotes;
         return db.collect(alloc, Remote, "select * from " ++ table_name, .{});
     }
+
+    pub fn create(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, ty: Type, domain: string) !Remote {
+        const held = db.mutex.acquire();
+        defer held.release();
+
+        return _internal.insert(alloc, &Remote{
+            .uuid = _internal.factory.newULID(),
+            .type = ty,
+            .domain = domain,
+        });
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/db/Time.zig b/src/db/Time.zig
index 7e925eb..d73a84f 100644
--- a/src/db/Time.zig
+++ b/src/db/Time.zig
@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@ pub const Time = struct {
         // RFC1123
         return try self.formatAlloc(alloc, "ddd, DD MMM YYY HH:mm:ss z");
     }
+
+    pub fn now() Self {
+        return .{ .ctx = time.DateTime.now() };
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/db/User.zig b/src/db/User.zig
index 7dbd834..b8217fb 100644
--- a/src/db/User.zig
+++ b/src/db/User.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const _internal = @import("./_internal.zig");
 const db = &_internal.db;
 
 pub const User = struct {
-    id: u64,
+    id: u64 = 0,
     uuid: ulid.ULID,
     provider: u64,
     snowflake: string,
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ pub const User = struct {
 
     pub const table_name = "users";
 
+    pub fn create(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, provider: u64, snowflake: string, name: string) !User {
+        const held = db.mutex.acquire();
+        defer held.release();
+
+        return try _internal.insert(alloc, &User{
+            .uuid = _internal.factory.newULID(),
+            .provider = provider,
+            .snowflake = snowflake,
+            .name = name,
+            .joined_on = Time.now(),
+        });
+    }
+
     usingnamespace _internal.ByKeyGen(User);
 
     pub const findPackageBy = _internal.FindByGen(User, Package, .owner, .uuid).first;