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 # installation and dev log
 *TODO*: clean up log entries, flesh out details for readers
 
+*TODO*: add project goals, features, BoM, relevant links
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+*TODO*: set up repo directory structure
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+*TODO*: move all these todos into issues or something i dunno
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 ## initial setup
 wrote raspbian image to sd card