diff --git a/repos/mml/run/posix_playground.run b/repos/mml/run/posix_playground.run
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+++ b/repos/mml/run/posix_playground.run
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+build "core init timer app/posix_playground"
+create_boot_directory
+
+install_config {
+    <config>
+        <parent-provides>
+            <service name="LOG"/>
+            <service name="LOG"/>
+            <service name="PD"/>
+            <service name="CPU"/>
+            <service name="ROM"/>
+            <service name="RAM"/>
+            <service name="IRQ"/>
+            <service name="IO_MEM"/>
+            <service name="IO_PORT"/>
+            <service name="CAP"/>
+            <service name="RM"/>
+            <service name="SIGNAL"/>
+        </parent-provides>
+        <default-route>
+            <any-service><parent/><any-child/></any-service>
+        </default-route>
+        <default caps="200"/>
+        <start name="timer">
+            <resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+            <provides><service name="Timer"/></provides>
+            <route>
+                <any-service><parent/><any-child/></any-service>
+            </route>
+        </start>
+        <start name="posix_playground">
+            <resource name="RAM" quantum="10M"/>
+            <route>
+                <service name="Timer"><child name="timer"/></service>
+                <any-service><parent/><any-child/></any-service>
+            </route>
+        </start>
+    </config>
+}
+
+set boot_modules {
+    core init timer vfs.lb.so ld.lib.so libc.lib.so libm.lib.so stdcxx.lib.so posix_playground
+}
+
+build_boot_image $boot_modules
+append qemu_args "-nographic -m 64"
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diff --git a/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc
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+++ b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc
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+#include <thread>
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <memory>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace Posix_playground {
+    class Chrono_thread;
+}
+
+class Posix_playground::Chrono_thread {
+
+    private:
+        std::uint16_t _id;
+    
+    public:
+        Chrono_thread(std::uint16_t id) : _id(id) { }
+
+        void execute()
+        {
+            while (true) {
+                Genode::log("Pong from Thread ", _id);
+                auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::milliseconds(_id * 1000)));
+                auto end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                Genode::log("Thread ", _id, " woke up after ", std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end - start));
+            }
+        }
+};
+
+int main(void) {
+    Genode::log("Starting POSIX stdcxx playground");
+
+    Genode::log("Let's start some threads");
+
+    std::vector<Posix_playground::Chrono_thread&> thread_objs(4);
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::thread>> thread_list(4);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        Posix_playground::Chrono_thread thread_objs[i] = *new Posix_playground::Chrono_thread(i);
+        auto thread =  std::make_unique<std::thread>([&]
+                                      { thread_objs[i].execute(); });
+        thread_list.push_back(thread);
+        thread->join();
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/target.mk b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/target.mk
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index 0000000000..9e589affe7
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+++ b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/target.mk
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+TARGET = thread_test
+SRC_CC = thread_test.cc 
+LIBS += base posix libm libc stdcxx 
+CXXFLAGS += -Wno-error
+