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+# TACHYONS
+
+A performance-first css framework
+
+Simple modules and components that move faster than the speed of light.
+
+
+## Getting started
+
+Set up the project by cloning the repo, navigating into it, then installing the necessary dependencies by running:
+
+```
+ git clone git@github:mrmrs/tachyons.git yourProject
+ cd yourProject
+ rm -rf .git
+ git init
+ git add remote git@github.com/yourUserName/yourProject.git
+ npm install -g gulp
+ npm install .
+```
+
+### To run the development environment
+
+Once you've run npm install just run this very complicated command in your terminal to start gulp
+
+    gulp
+
+This will watch the sass directory and do the following on file change:
+  • Compile scss files down to css/i.css
+  • Run autoprefixer on css/app.css (this allows you to keep vendor prefixes out of your css)
+  • Run csslint and spit the output to your terminal window where you are running gulp
+  • Run an instance of livereload. With the chrome and safari extensions, you can see
+    changes in the browser without hitting refresh
+
+### To minify assets for production
+
+    gulp production
+
+This will
+  • Compile scss files down to css/i.css
+  • Run autoprefixer on css/app.css (this allows you to keep vendor prefixes out of your css)
+  • Minify all css files and move them to in the ./css
+  • Compress / minify all images in the ./img directory
+  • Compress / minify all svg elements in the ./img/svg/ directory
+