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 ## mission statement
 
-this config attempts to follow the [synaptic standard](https://github.com/llakala/synaptic-standard/), and is built in an effort to achieve **semantic colocation**.
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-ideally, our modules are categorised by the purpose they hope to fulfil, and contain all the information necessary to achieve that within their context.
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-this is in contrast to many configuration styles, which may be structured in a way that is beholden to mechanical details (programs, implementations, module systems, or other scope they may carry).
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-here, *we do not build our dreams of concrete*.
+this config once stood for something.
 
 ## mechanism
 
-recursive imports and module aliasing bend the module system/s to our will. 
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-this allows us to create freeform sets of modules which break down broad goals into manageable units while cross-cutting module system concerns, all with a single toplevel import point.
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-you can see [entry.nix](./entry.nix) and [util/create.nix](util/create.nix) for the explicit details of how this is done.
+derangement