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 # Website
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Create a virtual environment
+2. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+3. Create [`.env` file](#env-file)
+4. `./manage.py runserver`
+
+### `.env` file
+
+Local development secrets are stored in a `.env` file.
+
+These values are required for the application to load
+
+- `DEBUG` set to `false`
+- `SECRET_KEY` set to [something](https://django-secret-key-generator.netlify.app/) semi-random