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 This is the Rails codebase powering https://identity.hackclub.com!
 
 ## contributing:
-poke [nora](https://hackclub.slack.com/team/U06QK6AG3RD)!
+ask around in [#idv-dev](https://hackclub.slack.com/archives/C09D1E22CF5) or poke [nora](https://hackclub.slack.com/team/U06QK6AG3RD)!
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 avoid questions that can be answered by reading the source code, but otherwise i'd be happy to help you get up to speed :-D
 
 kindly `bin/lint` your code before you submit it!