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+# Directory structure
+bin     -- small scripts for managing the stuff below
+src     -- codebase for generating website or conducting process. Anything bigger than a (small) script.
+assets  -- IP, including incoming articles, images, currently edited work, final products.
+web     -- the contents of our (static, public) website
+secrets -- passwords, PII, etc. Assume everything else could be made public. If it would be existentially bad for it to leak, encrypt it, and put it here.
+doc     -- documentation of processes, ideas, memos, etc.
+llc     -- corporate documents, financial ledger, business running
+venv    -- python environment for this whole kiboodle