diff --git a/buildext/build.gradle.kts b/buildext/build.gradle.kts
index 1162b00..05ffc7e 100644
--- a/buildext/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildext/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+@file:Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
 plugins {
   `kotlin-dsl`
+  embeddedKotlin("plugin.serialization")
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -10,10 +12,8 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.9.10")
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:1.9.10")
-
-  implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.2")
-  implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.15.2")
-  implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.15.2")
+  implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.7.3")
+  implementation("com.charleskorn.kaml:kaml:0.55.0")
 }
 
 gradlePlugin {
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstCodegenShared.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstCodegenShared.kt
index 9e1fe26..c42df90 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstCodegenShared.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstCodegenShared.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
 import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.KotlinWriter
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.deleteExisting
@@ -8,7 +11,9 @@ import kotlin.io.path.deleteIfExists
 import kotlin.io.path.listDirectoryEntries
 import kotlin.io.path.writeText
 
-open class AstCodegenShared(val pkg: String, val outputDirectory: Path, val world: AstWorld) {
+abstract class AstCodegenShared(val pkg: String, val outputDirectory: Path, val world: AstWorld) {
+  abstract suspend fun generate()
+
   protected fun deleteAllContents() {
     for (child in outputDirectory.listDirectoryEntries("*.kt")) {
       child.deleteExisting()
@@ -21,4 +26,12 @@ open class AstCodegenShared(val pkg: String, val outputDirectory: Path, val worl
     path.deleteIfExists()
     path.writeText(content, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
   }
+
+  fun runUntilCompletion() {
+    runBlocking {
+      withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+        generate()
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstDescription.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstDescription.kt
index fa7258e..8d1aa9f 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstDescription.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstDescription.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
 data class AstDescription(
   val root: String,
   val types: Map<String, AstTypeDescription>
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstEnumDescription.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstEnumDescription.kt
index c828df2..2e8456e 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstEnumDescription.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstEnumDescription.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
 class AstEnumDescription(
   val name: String,
   val values: Map<String, String>
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstPorkIdeaCodegen.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstPorkIdeaCodegen.kt
index c53b3e2..55976df 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstPorkIdeaCodegen.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstPorkIdeaCodegen.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.KotlinClass
 import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.KotlinFunction
 import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.KotlinParameter
 import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.KotlinWriter
+import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.createDirectories
 import kotlin.io.path.exists
@@ -16,18 +18,18 @@ class AstPorkIdeaCodegen(pkg: String, outputDirectory: Path, world: AstWorld) :
         outputDirectory.createDirectories()
       }
       val codegen = AstPorkIdeaCodegen(pkg, outputDirectory, world)
-      codegen.generate()
+      codegen.runUntilCompletion()
     }
   }
 
-  fun generate() {
+  override suspend fun generate(): Unit = coroutineScope {
     deleteAllContents()
-    writePorkElement()
-    writeNamedElement()
+    launch { writePorkElement() }
+    launch { writeNamedElement() }
     for (type in world.typeRegistry.types) {
-      writePsiElement(type)
+      launch { writePsiElement(type) }
     }
-    writeElementFactory()
+    launch { writeElementFactory() }
   }
 
   fun writePorkElement() {
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstStandardCodegen.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstStandardCodegen.kt
index a4d04a6..a0d30d3 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstStandardCodegen.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstStandardCodegen.kt
@@ -2,24 +2,26 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
 import gay.pizza.pork.buildext.codegen.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.createDirectories
 import kotlin.io.path.exists
 
 class AstStandardCodegen(pkg: String, outputDirectory: Path, world: AstWorld) :
   AstCodegenShared(pkg, outputDirectory, world) {
-  fun generate() {
+  override suspend fun generate(): Unit = coroutineScope {
     deleteAllContents()
     for (type in world.typeRegistry.types) {
-      writeAstType(type)
+      launch { writeAstType(type) }
     }
-    writeNodeExtensions()
-    writeNodeType()
-    writeNodeVisitor()
-    writeNodeCoalescer()
-    writeNodeVisitorExtensions()
-    writeNodeParser()
-    writeNodeParserExtensions()
+    launch { writeNodeExtensions() }
+    launch { writeNodeType() }
+    launch { writeNodeVisitor() }
+    launch { writeNodeCoalescer() }
+    launch { writeNodeVisitorExtensions() }
+    launch { writeNodeParser() }
+    launch { writeNodeParserExtensions() }
   }
 
   private fun writeNodeType() {
@@ -497,7 +499,7 @@ class AstStandardCodegen(pkg: String, outputDirectory: Path, world: AstWorld) :
         outputDirectory.createDirectories()
       }
       val codegen = AstStandardCodegen(pkg, outputDirectory, world)
-      codegen.generate()
+      codegen.runUntilCompletion()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstTypeDescription.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstTypeDescription.kt
index 0f229d0..4ec1545 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstTypeDescription.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstTypeDescription.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
 data class AstTypeDescription(
   val parent: String? = null,
   val values: List<AstValueDescription>? = null,
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstValueDescription.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstValueDescription.kt
index 7ef84c1..0397eb3 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstValueDescription.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstValueDescription.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
 data class AstValueDescription(
   val name: String,
   val type: String,
diff --git a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstWorld.kt b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstWorld.kt
index ec40c10..b6a4755 100644
--- a/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstWorld.kt
+++ b/buildext/src/main/kotlin/gay/pizza/pork/buildext/ast/AstWorld.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package gay.pizza.pork.buildext.ast
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
+import com.charleskorn.kaml.Yaml
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
 
@@ -83,9 +81,7 @@ class AstWorld {
 
     fun read(path: Path): AstWorld {
       val astYamlText = path.readText()
-      val mapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory())
-      mapper.registerModules(KotlinModule.Builder().build())
-      val astDescription = mapper.readValue(astYamlText, AstDescription::class.java)
+      val astDescription =Yaml.default.decodeFromString(AstDescription.serializer(), astYamlText)
       return build(astDescription)
     }
   }