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+# setup
+* get http://rustup.rs
+* get the latest nightly `rustup install nightly`
+* grab elseware and [libpso](https://github.com/jakeprobst/libpso)
+* have elseware and libpso in the same directory
+* `cargo install diesel-cli`
+* `diesel database setup`
+* `cargo run --bin patch` or `cargo run --bin login`