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 ```sh
 # Set it up...
-git clone https://github.com/hackclub/harbor && cd harbor
+$ git clone https://github.com/hackclub/harbor && cd harbor
 
 # Set your config
-cp .env.example .env
+$ cp .env.example .env
+# The only thing you need to set is SEED_USER_API_KEY, which should be your key 
 
-# THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU EDIT YOUR CONFIG
-vim .env
+# Build & run the project
+$ docker compose run web --service-ports /bin/bash
 
-# need your local db to be encrypted for some reason? Sure! Replace all the
-# secrets with the output of this:
-bin/rails runner "puts SecureRandom.base64"
-# not guaranteed to be secure for production, but fine for local development
+# Now you're inside docker & you can do all the fun rails things...
+app# bin/rails s -b 0.0.0.0 # this hosts the server on your computer w/ default port 3000
+app# bin/rails c # start an interactive irb!
+app# bin/rails db:migrate # migrate the database
+```
+
+Ever need to setup a new database?
+
+```sh
+# start a shell inside docker
+$ docker compose run web --service-ports /bin/bash
+
+# once inside, reset the db
+app# $ bin/rails db:drop db:create db:migrate db:seed
+```
 
 
-# Build the project
-