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+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### ⚙️ Prerequisites
+
+To run the website locally, follow these steps:
+
+- Install [Hugo Extended v0.140+](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.140.0) on your $PATH
+- Navigate to project root folder
+- Run `hugo server`
+- Visit `localhost:1313` on your browser
+
+That's it! Any changes you make will be hot reloaded.
+
+## WARNING:
+
+For maximum compatibility we recommend sticking with Hugo `v0.140.0` (**Extended** edition, linked above.) We haven't tested other versions.
+
+## 💻 Automatic Deployment
+
+Anything we `git push` will be published to [guide.handmadecities.com](https://guide.handmadecities.com) automatically. PROCEED WITH CAUTION!