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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Clojure ones, however this doesn't remove the ability to write systems which
 minimize the cost of marshaling data and optimize for performance, to make use
 of the low-level access Panama gives us.
 
+NOTE: Right now this library is in early alpha, and has not yet been released to
+Clojars. This will be remedied soon.
+
 ## Installation
 This library is available on Clojars. Add the following entry to the `:deps` key
 of your `deps.edn`: