diff --git a/yama/src/remote/requester.rs b/yama/src/remote/requester.rs
index 9b77357..065a74a 100644
--- a/yama/src/remote/requester.rs
+++ b/yama/src/remote/requester.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,75 @@ impl RawPile for Requester {
         controller_send: Sender<ControllerMessage>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Sender<(ChunkId, Vec<u8>)>> {
         // this one is a little bit more complex.
-        todo!()
+        // We want to be able to send off multiple write requests at once, but not too many, so we
+        // need to be able to apply backpressure.
+        let (input, receiver) = crossbeam_channel::bounded::<(ChunkId, Vec<u8>)>(128);
+        let command_sender = self.commands.clone();
+
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let (response_tx, response_rx) = crossbeam_channel::bounded::<ResponseBody>(32);
+            let mut in_flight_writes = 0;
+            const MAX_IN_FLIGHT_WRITES: u32 = 32;
+
+            loop {
+                // TODO this won't handle channel closure properly.
+                if in_flight_writes < MAX_IN_FLIGHT_WRITES {
+                    crossbeam_channel::select! {
+                        recv(response_rx) -> resp => {
+                            in_flight_writes -= 1;
+                            match resp.unwrap() {
+                                ResponseBody::Success => {
+                                    // nop
+                                }
+                                ResponseBody::Failed(string) => {
+                                    panic!("Requester pipeline fail {}", string);
+                                }
+                                ResponseBody::BatchData { .. } => {
+                                    panic!("wtf BatchData");
+                                }
+                                ResponseBody::NotExists => {
+                                    panic!("wtf NotExists");
+                                }
+                                ResponseBody::Data(_) => {
+                                    panic!("wtf Data");
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        recv(receiver) -> resp => {
+                            in_flight_writes += 1;
+                            let (chunk_id, write) = resp.unwrap();
+                            todo!();
+                            command_sender.send((RequestBody::Write {
+                                kind: Keyspace::Chunk,
+                                key: chunk_id.to_vec(),
+                                value: write
+                            }, Some(response_tx.clone()))).unwrap();
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    let resp = response_rx.recv().unwrap();
+                    match resp {
+                        ResponseBody::Success => {
+                            // nop
+                        }
+                        ResponseBody::Failed(string) => {
+                            panic!("Requester pipeline fail {}", string);
+                        }
+                        ResponseBody::BatchData { .. } => {
+                            panic!("wtf BatchData");
+                        }
+                        ResponseBody::NotExists => {
+                            panic!("wtf NotExists");
+                        }
+                        ResponseBody::Data(_) => {
+                            panic!("wtf Data");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        Ok(input)
     }
 }