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+shit-to-do:
+	tells me the shit-to-do,
+	optionally annoys me abou the shit-to-do,
+	generally ensures the shit-to-do gets done
+
+including a custom immediate-mode ui framework built on sdl2 that will be migrated to its own repo soon(tm).