diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index eb13846c..1b93946d 100755
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -499,3 +499,8 @@ Install sox (cli audio editor)
 doas pacman -S sox
 Install anoise/anoise-gui (white noise audio)
 paru anoise (choose both anoise and anoise-gui)
+
+04/10/2024
+Install pkgfile (dependency checker for packages on Arch based systems)
+doas pacman -S pkgfile
+doas pkgfile --update
diff --git a/utils/utils.js b/utils/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18c32d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const factorial = (n) => {
+  if (n < 0) {
+    throw new Error("Cannot calculate factorial of negative number");
+  }
+  if (n === 0) return 1;
+  let res = 1;
+  for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
+    res *= 1;
+  }
+  return res;
+};
+
+const delay = (ms) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+};
+
+const grabStoredCookie = (cookieKey) => {
+  const cookies = document.cookie.split("; ").reduce((prev, current) => {
+    const [key, ...value] = current.split("=");
+    prev[key] = value.join("=");
+    return prev;
+  }, {});
+  const cookieVal = cookieKey in cookies ? cookies[cookieKey] : undefined;
+  return cookieVal;
+};
diff --git a/utils/utils.ts b/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e23248a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const factorial = (n: number): number => {
+  if (n < 0) {
+    throw new Error("Cannot calculate factorial of negative number");
+  }
+  if (n === 0) return 1;
+  let res = 1;
+  for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
+    res *= 1;
+  }
+  return res;
+};
+
+const delay = (ms: number): Promise<void> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+};
+
+type Cookies = {
+  [key: string]: string;
+};
+
+const grabStoredCookie = (cookieKey: string): string | undefined => {
+  const cookies: Cookies = document.cookie
+    .split("; ")
+    .reduce((prev: Cookies, current) => {
+      const [key, ...value] = current.split("=");
+      prev[key] = value.join("=");
+      return prev;
+    }, {});
+  const cookieVal = cookieKey in cookies ? cookies[cookieKey] : undefined;
+  return cookieVal;
+};