diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
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+# https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter#example
+name-template: 'resp-benchmark-v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
+tag-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
+template: |
+  ## Changes
+
+  $CHANGES
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: release
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  draft:
+    name: draft
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: draft release
+        id: "draft"
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    outputs:
+      upload_url: ${{ steps.draft.outputs.upload_url }}
+
+  build-and-upload:
+    needs: draft
+    name: build - ${{ matrix.platform.release_for }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - release_for: linux-amd64
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            bin: resp-benchmark
+            name: resp-benchmark-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+            command: build
+
+          - release_for: linux-arm64
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            bin: resp-benchmark
+            name: resp-benchmark-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+            command: build
+
+          - release_for: windows-amd64
+            os: windows-latest
+            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            bin: resp-benchmark.exe
+            name: resp-benchmark-windows-amd64.zip
+            command: build
+
+          - release_for: windows-arm64
+            os: windows-latest
+            target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            bin: resp-benchmark.exe
+            name: resp-benchmark-windows-arm64.zip
+            command: build
+
+          - release_for: macos-amd64
+            os: macos-latest
+            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            bin: resp-benchmark
+            name: resp-benchmark-macos-amd64.tar.gz
+            command: build
+
+          - release_for: macos-arm64
+            os: macos-latest
+            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            bin: resp-benchmark
+            name: resp-benchmark-macos-arm64.tar.gz
+            command: build
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: cache cargo registry
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/registry
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-registry-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-registry-
+
+      - name: cache cargo index
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/git
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-index-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-index-
+
+      - name: cache cargo build
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-build-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-build-
+
+      - name: build binary
+        uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v0
+        with:
+          command: ${{ matrix.platform.command }}
+          target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
+          args: "--locked --release"
+          strip: true
+      - name: Package as archive
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cd target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.platform.os }}" == "windows-latest" ]]; then
+            7z a ${{ matrix.platform.name }} ${{ matrix.platform.bin }} ../../../workloads
+          else
+            tar czvf ${{ matrix.platform.name }} ${{ matrix.platform.bin }} ../../../workloads
+          fi
+      - name: upload
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.draft.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release/${{ matrix.platform.name }}
+          asset_name: ${{ matrix.platform.name }}
+          asset_content_type: ${{ matrix.platform.os == 'windows-latest' && 'application/zip' || 'application/gzip' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+target/
+.idea/