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+# Nix Utils
+
+Nix is useful and well-designed in many cases. Nix's standard library of is not
+a representative example of the value of Nix. I'm hoping to replace some of the
+standard library functions with versions that I find more intuitive and
+ergonomic to consume.
+
+This directcory is where I will host that work.