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 ## Contact & contributing
 
+`lein start-dev` to get a (headless) development repl that you can connect to with [Cider][] (emacs) or your IDE.
+
 Please use the project's GitHub [issues page][] for project questions/comments/suggestions/whatever **(pull requests welcome!)**. Am very open to ideas if you have any!
 
 Otherwise reach me (Peter Taoussanis) at [taoensso.com][] or on [Twitter][]. Cheers!
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 [ClojureWerkz]: <http://clojurewerkz.org/>
 [issues page]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/issues>
 [commit history]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/commits/master>
+[Cider]: <https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider>
 [taoensso.com]: <https://www.taoensso.com>
 [Eclipse Public License]: <https://raw2.github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/master/LICENSE>