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 # queerdevs.org
 
 This is the official site of the QueerDevs organization. It can be found at https://queerdevs.org/.
+
+## development
+
+```sh
+# the theme doesn't work with the newest version of hugo
+go install github.com/gohugoio/hugo@v0.127.0
+
+# run the development server
+hugo server -w
+```