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 # epik
-An over-engineered todo-app.
+
+An over-engineered app, epik is a playground for scalable web development.
+
+The technologies used here will inevitably become outdated, but that is not a
+concern. The primary contribution of this repo is the learning process that I
+went through setting it up.
+
+Let the journey begin!
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