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-Hello World
+Hi. This is James Patrick's current collection of dotfiles. If you found this
+feel free to steal what ever you want, if you have any questions feel free to
+contact me.
+
+# Tenants
+
+1. The time invested in configuring tools will probably never be recouped by
+   increased productivity. That isn't a reason not to it.
+2. Don't write what already exist.
+3. Config to have easy setup and tear down, without destroying anything important.
+4. Try to stay lean. More tools begets more maintenance.
+   1. The best code is no code.
+   2. Its better to have a imperfect tool than to have envs diverge.
+   3. Allow for variation between envs.
+5. Any rule can be ignored if it has a non-stupid reason.
+6. Take lots of screenshots.
+7. Don't be a idiot and store large files
+8. Do not tightly couple components.