diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c5158ee..6ae2a71 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod fold;
+mod next;
 
 use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex, Condvar, mpsc},
diff --git a/src/next.rs b/src/next.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930949d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/next.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+use std::{time::{Instant, Duration}, collections::VecDeque, marker::PhantomData, sync::{Mutex, Condvar, MutexGuard, Arc}};
+
+pub struct DebouncerTx<RawEvent, DebouncedEvent, FoldFn> {
+    debouncer: Arc<Debouncer<DebouncedEvent>>,
+    fold: FoldFn,
+    _raw_event_marker: PhantomData<RawEvent>,
+}
+
+impl<RawEvent, DebouncedEvent, FoldFn> DebouncerTx<RawEvent, DebouncedEvent, FoldFn>
+where
+    FoldFn: Fn(Option<DebouncedEvent>, RawEvent) -> DebouncedEvent,
+{
+    
+}
+
+pub struct DebouncerRx<DebouncedEvent> {
+    debouncer: Arc<Debouncer<DebouncedEvent>>
+}
+
+impl<DebouncedEvent> DebouncerRx<DebouncedEvent> {
+    
+}
+
+pub struct DebouncerClosedError;
+
+struct Debouncer<T> {
+    state: Mutex<DebouncerState<T>>,
+    debounce_time: Duration,
+    queue_wait_cvar: Condvar,
+    event_ready_wait_cvar: Condvar,
+}
+
+impl<T> Debouncer<T> {
+    // TODO: error on closed channel?
+    fn push<R, F>(&self, raw_event: R, fold: F)
+    where
+        F: Fn(Option<T>, R) -> T,
+    {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+
+        let push_outcome = {
+            let mut state_guard = self.state.lock().unwrap();
+            state_guard.push_latest(raw_event, fold, now, self.debounce_time)
+        };
+        
+        if matches!(push_outcome, PushOutcome::NewAcc) {
+            // If we pushed a new event accumulator, wake up one rx thread which was waiting for
+            // the queue to be non-empty. Don't wake up all the rx threads because only one of
+            // them can consume the acc from the queue; therefore, we should wait until another
+            // acc is added to the queue before waking up another thread.
+            self.queue_wait_cvar.notify_one();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn pop(&self) -> Result<T, DebouncerClosedError> {
+        enum PopOutcome<T> {
+            Event(T),
+            Shutdown,
+        }
+
+        let mut state_guard = self.state.lock().unwrap();
+
+        if state_guard.shutdown {
+            return Err(DebouncerClosedError);
+        }
+
+        let event = loop {
+            // If the queue is empty, wait for a tx thread to notify us that a new acc has been
+            // added to the queue.
+            if state_guard.is_empty() {
+                state_guard = self.queue_wait_cvar.wait(state_guard).unwrap();
+
+                // We may have been unparked because someone wants to shut down the debouncer, so
+                // check the shutdown flag and return if it is set.
+                if state_guard.shutdown {
+                    return Err(DebouncerClosedError);
+                }
+            }
+
+            let event = loop {
+                let Some(event) = state_guard.peek_earliest() else {
+                    break None;
+                };
+
+                let now = Instant::now();
+    
+                match event.ready_time.checked_duration_since(now) {
+                    Some(wait_time) => {
+                        // Wait the amount of time between now and the `ready_time` of the event.
+                        // This is done using a condvar so the sleep can be interrupted if someone
+                        // wants to shut down the debouncer.
+                        (state_guard, _) = self.event_ready_wait_cvar
+                            .wait_timeout(state_guard, wait_time)
+                            .unwrap();
+
+                        // Again, we may have been unparked because someone wants to shut down the
+                        // debouncer, so check the shutdown flag and return if it is set.
+                        if state_guard.shutdown {
+                            return Err(DebouncerClosedError);
+                        }
+    
+                        continue;
+                    },
+    
+                    None => {
+                        break state_guard.pop_oldest_acc();
+                    },
+                }
+            };
+
+            let Some(event) = event else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            
+            break event;
+        };
+
+        // FIXME: replace above with this (set outcome rather than early return)
+        let result = 'result: {
+            if state_guard.shutdown {
+                break 'result PopOutcome::Shutdown;
+            }
+
+            // TODO
+            todo!()
+        };
+
+        match result {
+            PopOutcome::Event(event) => Ok(event),
+            PopOutcome::Shutdown => {
+                state_guard
+                    .pop_oldest_acc_discard_none()
+                    .ok_or(DebouncerClosedError)
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    // TODO: non-blocking `try_pop`?
+}
+
+struct DebouncerState<T> {
+    event_queue: VecDeque<EventAcc<T>>,
+    shutdown: bool,
+}
+
+impl<T> DebouncerState<T> {
+    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.event_queue.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    fn peek_oldest(&self) -> Option<&EventAcc<T>> {
+        self.event_queue.front()
+    }
+
+    fn pop_oldest(&mut self) -> Option<EventAcc<T>> {
+        self.event_queue.pop_front()
+    }
+
+    fn pop_oldest_acc(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
+        self.pop_oldest().and_then(EventAcc::into_acc)
+    }
+
+    fn pop_oldest_acc_discard_none(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
+        while let Some(event) = self.pop_oldest() {
+            if let Some(acc) = event.acc {
+                return Some(acc);
+            }
+        }
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    fn push_latest<R, F>(&mut self, raw_event: R, f: F, now: Instant, debounce_time: Duration)
+        -> PushOutcome
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(Option<T>, R) -> T,
+    {
+        match self.event_queue
+            .back_mut()
+            .and_then(|event| (event.ready_time > now).then_some(event))
+        {
+            Some(event) => {
+                event.fold(raw_event, f);
+                PushOutcome::NoNewAcc
+            },
+
+            None => {
+                let ready_time = now + debounce_time;
+                let event = EventAcc::new_from_fold(raw_event, f, ready_time);
+                self.event_queue.push_back(event);
+                PushOutcome::NewAcc
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+enum PushOutcome {
+    NewAcc,
+    NoNewAcc,
+}
+
+struct EventAcc<T> {
+    // The accumulator is stored as an `Option` because it is temporarily set to `None` during
+    // `EventAcc::fold`, so that the old accumulator can be moved into the user-provided fold
+    // function rather than borrowing it. `MaybeUninit` cannot be used for this because the
+    // user-provided fold function may panic, which would leave the accumulator in an uninitialised
+    // state, potentially causing UB later.
+    acc: Option<T>,
+    ready_time: Instant,
+}
+
+impl<T> EventAcc<T> {
+    fn new_from_fold<R, F>(raw_event: R, f: F, ready_time: Instant) -> Self
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(Option<T>, R) -> T,
+    {
+        Self {
+            acc: Some(f(None, raw_event)),
+            ready_time,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fold<R, F>(&mut self, raw_event: R, f: F)
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(Option<T>, R) -> T,
+    {
+        let acc = self.acc.take();
+        self.acc = Some(f(acc, raw_event));
+    }
+
+    fn into_acc(self) -> Option<T> {
+        self.acc
+    }
+}
+