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+elblog
+======
+
+This is a simple blogging software written in Emacs Lisp.
+
+The idea is that it should be able to do most of the things [my actual blog][]
+does at the moment.
+
+No documentation exists for now besides the commit messages, but it works!
+
+[my actual blog]: https://www.tazj.in/