diff --git a/server/pkg/expr/path.go b/server/pkg/expr/path.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eecbc554a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/pkg/expr/path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package expr
+
+type (
+	exprPath struct {
+		path   string
+		i      int
+		isLast bool
+
+		start, end int
+	}
+)
+
+// Path initializes a new exprPath helper to efficiently traverse the path
+func Path(p string) (out exprPath) {
+	return exprPath{path: p}
+}
+
+func (p exprPath) More() bool {
+	return p.start < len(p.path)
+}
+
+func (p exprPath) Get() string {
+	return p.path[p.start:p.end]
+}
+
+func (p exprPath) Rest() string {
+	var rest string
+	if p.end+1 < len(p.path) {
+		rest = p.path[p.end:]
+	}
+
+	// @todo this is fugly but it'll do the trick for now
+	// Clean it up please :)
+	if len(rest) > 0 && (rest[0] == '.' || rest[0] == ']') {
+		rest = rest[1:]
+	}
+	if len(rest) > 0 && (rest[0] == '.' || rest[0] == ']') {
+		rest = rest[1:]
+	}
+
+	return rest
+}
+
+func (p exprPath) Next() (out exprPath, err error) {
+	if !p.More() {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
+	if p.end > 0 {
+		p.start = p.end + 1
+	}
+
+	var ()
+
+	p.start, p.end, p.isLast, err = nxtRange(p.path, p.start)
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+
+	p.i++
+
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+func nxtRange(path string, start int) (startOut, end int, isLast bool, err error) {
+	startOut = start
+	for i := start; i < len(path); i++ {
+		switch path[i] {
+		// This thing concludes the prev ident
+		case '.', '[':
+			if i == len(path)-1 {
+				return startOut, -1, false, invalidPathErr
+			}
+			if i > 0 {
+				if path[i-1] == ']' {
+					startOut++
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			return startOut, i, false, nil
+
+		case ']':
+			// If we're at the end, that's that
+			if i == len(path)-1 {
+				return startOut, i, true, nil
+			}
+
+			if path[i+1] != '.' && path[i+1] != '[' {
+				return startOut, -1, false, invalidPathErr
+			} else {
+				return startOut, i, false, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return startOut, len(path), true, nil
+}
diff --git a/server/pkg/expr/path_test.go b/server/pkg/expr/path_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77c6d5b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/pkg/expr/path_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNxtRange(t *testing.T) {
+	tcc := []struct {
+		path string
+
+		start  int
+		expEnd int
+		expErr bool
+	}{{
+		path: "a",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expEnd: 1,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expEnd: 3,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd[e]",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expEnd: 3,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd.e",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expEnd: 3,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd.",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expErr: true,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd[",
+
+		start:  0,
+		expErr: true,
+	}, {
+		path: "bcd.e",
+
+		start:  4,
+		expEnd: 5,
+	}}
+
+	for _, c := range tcc {
+		t.Run(c.path[c.start:], func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, o, _, err := nxtRange(c.path, c.start)
+			if c.expErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.Equal(t, c.expEnd, o)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tcc := []struct {
+		path string
+
+		expBits  []string
+		expRests []string
+		expErr   bool
+	}{{
+		path: "a",
+
+		expBits:  []string{"a"},
+		expRests: []string{""},
+	}, {
+		path: "a.b",
+
+		expBits:  []string{"a", "b"},
+		expRests: []string{"b", ""},
+	}, {
+		path: "a[b][c]",
+
+		expBits:  []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		expRests: []string{"[b][c]", "[c]", ""},
+	}, {
+		path: "aa.b[c][d].e.f[g][0]",
+
+		expBits:  []string{"aa", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "0"},
+		expRests: []string{"b[c][d].e.f[g][0]", "[c][d].e.f[g][0]", "[d].e.f[g][0]", "e.f[g][0]", "f[g][0]", "[g][0]", "[0]", ""},
+	},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range tcc {
+		t.Run(c.path, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pp := Path(c.path)
+			var err error
+
+			i := -1
+			for {
+				i++
+
+				pp, err = pp.Next()
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				if !pp.More() {
+					break
+				}
+
+				require.Equal(t, c.expBits[i], pp.Get())
+				require.Equal(t, c.expRests[i], pp.Rest())
+			}
+			require.Equal(t, len(c.expBits), i)
+
+			// for _, b := range c.expBits {
+
+			// 	require.Equal(t, b, pp.Get())
+			// }
+			// pp, err = pp.Next()
+			// require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// require.False(t, pp.More())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkPath(b *testing.B) {
+	path := "aa.b[c][d].e.f[g][0]"
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		pp := Path(path)
+
+		for {
+			pp, _ = pp.Next()
+			if !pp.More() {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}