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 # Contributions
 Welcome, I'll make a CONTRIBUTING.md some time in the future.
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+# Special thanks
+tinywl - for showing how 2 do stuff
+sway - for showing how 2 do stuff the overkill way
+vivarium - for showing how 2 do stuff the simple way
+dwl - for showing how 2 do stuff the hacky way
+wayfire - for showing how 2 do custom rendering