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 automatically compiled into the knowledge garden at
 [garden.youwen.dev](https://garden.youwen.dev). Please visit!
 
+### Hacking
+
+Builds are powered by Nix. Run
+
+```sh
+nix build
+```
+
+to produce a static bundle at `result/public`. A local development server can
+be started at `localhost:8080` by running
+
+```sh
+nix run
+```
+
 ## Typst compilation infrastructure
 
 This repository contains a sophisticated system for reproducibly compiling