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+# Set up
+
+Make a virtualenv, this is left as an exercise to the reader.
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+## Install
+
+Pip install from requirements.txt, this is left as an exercise to the reader.
+
+## Run
+
+Run the flask app, this is left as an exercise to the reader.
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