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 # dev set up 
 
-after cloning, run `py -3 -m venv .venv` in the root directory and then `.venv\Scripts\activate`
-then `pip install Flask` inside the virtual env
-you might also need to init a database, so use `flask --app myriad init-db`
-to start the site use `flask --app myriad run --debug`
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+- after cloning, run `py -3 -m venv .venv` in the root directory and then `.venv\Scripts\activate`
+- then `pip install Flask` inside the virtual env
+- you might also need to init a database, so use `flask --app myriad init-db`
+- to start the site use `flask --app myriad run --debug`
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