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 # dobutterfliescry.net
 Source code for my website
 
+### Local Development
+>[!WARNING]
+> My computers run NixOS so deployment relies on this fact
+> If you don't have Nix see the [[#Without Nix|non-nix section]].
+
+```bash
+$ nix develop # -i for purity
+nix-shell$ ./bakeimgs
+nix-shell$ ./serve &
+```
+#### Without Nix
+>[!TODO]
+> Lazy...
+
 ### Ideas
 1. a page you're not allowed access to without "contributing to humanity's knowledge"
 	ie factorising a large number not currently in factordb.com