welcome incantation

README.md

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 [![NixOS](https://img.shields.io/badge/NixOS-unstable-blue.svg?style=flat&logo=NixOS&logoColor=white)](https://nixos.org)
 [![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/divnix/devos)][mit]
-[![Chat](https://img.shields.io/matrix/devos:nixos.org.svg?label=%23devos%3Anixos.org&logo=matrix&server_fqdn=matrix.org)][matrix]
 
 > #### ⚠ Advisory ⚠
-> DevOS requires the [flakes][flakes] feature available via an _experimental_
-> branch of [nix][nix]. Until nix 2.4 is released, this project
-> should be considered unstable.
-
-### Why?
-Make an awesome template for NixOS users, with consideration for common tools like [home-manager][home-manager],
-[devshell][devshell], and [more](./doc/integrations).
-
-### No. Why _flakes_?
-Flakes are a part of an explicit push to improve [Nix's UX](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/src/contributing/cli-guideline.md), and have become an integral part of that effort. 
-
-They also make [Nix expressions](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/expressions/expression-syntax.html) easier to distribute and reuse with convient [flake references](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/src/nix/flake.md#flake-references) for building or using packages, modules, and whole systems.
+> Do you remember how you got here? Where were you going? What were you leaving behind?
+> Even if you cant't remember, I hope you remember what you were looking for. 
+> I hope you find it here.
 
 ## Getting Started
-Check out the [guide](https://devos.divnix.com/start) to get up and running.
-Also, have a look at [_flake.nix_][toc]. If anything is not immediately 
-discoverable via "[`digga`][digga]'s [`mkFlake`][mk-flake],
-please file a bug report.
+You can clone this directory to `/etc/nixos/` on a NixOS machine, with flakes installed. 
+Then you can summon a machine with `sudo nixos-rebuild test --flakes '/etc/nixos/#<machine>'`
+For a list of machines inscribed in this spellbook look [here][here]
+The rest is left as an exercise to the reader. 
 
-### Status: Beta
-Although this project has already matured quite a bit, especially through
-recent outfactoring of [`digga`][digga], a fair amount of api polishing is still
-expected. There are unstable versions (0._x_._x_) to help users keep track
-of changes and progress, and a [`develop`](https://github.com/divnix/devos/tree/develop) branch for the brave 😜
-
-## In the Wild
-* The original [authors][please]
+### Status: Alpha
+The volcanic rock still shifts below this structure. It has not solidified and cannot yet be considered `home`
+You should not expect landmarks here. 
+Learn to adopt Chaos.
 
 ## Shoulders
-This work does not reinvent the wheel. It stands on the [shoulders of the
+Summoning is powerful magic, and cannot be created in isolation. It stands on the [shoulders of the
 following giants][giants]:
 
 ### :onion: &mdash; like the layers of an onion
+- [`devos/devos`][devos]
 - [`divnix/digga`][digga]
 - [`gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus`][fup]
 - [`numtide/flake-utils`][fu]
-
-### :family: &mdash; like family
 - [`numtide/devshell`][devshell]
 - [`serokell/deploy-rs`][deploy]
 - [`berberman/nvfetcher`][nvfetcher]
@@ -48,23 +33,9 @@ following giants][giants]:
 
 :heart:
 
-## Inspiration & Art
-- [hlissner/dotfiles][dotfiles]
-- [nix-user-chroot](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot)
-- [Nickel](https://github.com/tweag/nickel)
-- [Awesome Nix](https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix)
-- [devshell](https://github.com/numtide/devshell)
-
-## Divnix
-The divnix org is an open space that spontaniously formed out of "the Nix".
-It is really just a place where otherwise unrelated people a) get
-together and b) stuff done.
-
-It's a place to stop "geeking out in isolation" (or within company boundaries),
-experiment and learn together and iterate quickly on best practices. That's what it is.
-
-It might eventually become a non-profit if that's not too complicated or if those
-goals are sufficiently upstreamed into "the Nix", dissolved.
+### But Why?
+The future is more uncertain than ever. Make dependable what you can, in whatever way you know how.
+Stop doing it by yourself, unless we learn to work with one another will we be able to grow long term solutions. Perhaps together we can stop collapse.
 
 # License
 DevOS is licensed under the [MIT License][mit].
@@ -88,4 +59,5 @@ DevOS is licensed under the [MIT License][mit].
 [nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
 [nvfetcher]: https://github.com/berberman/nvfetcher
 [please]: https://github.com/nrdxp/devos/tree/nrd
+[here]: https://anish.lakhwara.com/ops/machines