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+# Cooked - A Generate Software Orientation Workshop
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-# Cooked - A Generate Software Orientation Workshop
-
-Welcome to the Fall 24 Software Orientation - a hackathon inspired workshop that will give you the opportunity to walk the basic stack of a typical Generate project. 
+Welcome to the Fall 24 Software Orientation - a hackathon inspired workshop that will give you the opportunity to walk the basic stack of a typical Generate project.
 
 ## Goal
 
-Teams of 8, over a 1.5 hour period, will collaborate to implement the backend and frontend components of a recipe application. This repository, as is, provides the necessary foundation for all critical features that comprise the final deliverables. Each team, at the end of the workshop, will be alloted 2 minutes to present their final product to a panel of judges who will grade based on the requirements and additional criteria listed below:
+Teams of 8, over a 1.5 hour period, will collaborate to implement the backend and frontend components of a recipe application.
+This repository, as is, provides the necessary foundation for all critical features that comprise the final deliverables.
+Each team, at the end of the workshop, will be alloted 2 minutes to present their final product to a panel of judges who will grade based on the requirements and additional criteria listed below.
 
 Requirements:
+
 1. You must build two endpoints: **GET** (fetch) all recipes and **POST** (create) a recipe
 2. You must implement a basic frontend (inspired, but not bound, by this [Figma](https://www.figma.com/design/FUc9oy4M56lHLYMGX7kOyZ/Engineering-Orientation?node-id=0-1&t=uy34xrVmav24AfgJ-1)) and pull data from the two aformentioned endpoints
 3. Everyone must contribute (dock points if we notice people are sitting to the side)
 
 Additional Criteria:
+
 1. Humor - we all need a good laugh to get us through the first week of school
 2. Additional Features - did your team create additional endpoints, enhance the frontend, etc.
 
 Final Note:
-- You will find a series of comments prefixed by **TODO** scattered across the repository. These indicate small tasks + where code should be written to meet the requirements. 
+
+- You will find a series of comments prefixed by **TODO** scattered across the repository. These indicate small tasks + where code should be written to meet the requirements.
 
 ## Tech Stack
-- The backend is written in **Golang** and uses [**Fiber**](https://docs.gofiber.io/) as a web framework
+
+- The backend is written in **Go** and uses [**Fiber**](https://docs.gofiber.io/) as a web framework
 - The frontend used **Next.js** (React framework) and **Tanstack Query** (formerly React Query) for communicating with the backend
 - The database is a **Postgres** instance hosted on Supabase and uses [**sqlx**](https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx) for transactions
 
 ## Usage
 
-TODO: How to spin up both the backend and frontend
-
 1. [Install Nix](https://zero-to-nix.com/start/install)
-2. Activate the devshell:
+2. Navigate to the repository in your terminal (use the `cd` command!)
+3. Activate the development environment by running the following:
 
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-   ```sh
-   nix develop --impure
-   ```
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+      ```sh
+      nix develop --impure
+      ```
+
+   You will now have all of the tools you need to start building, including **Go**, **Node.js**, and **pnpm**!
+
+4. Notice the list of commands available within the development environment. These are designed to simplify the development process.
+   - Run the following to start the backend server:
+
+        ```sh
+        backend-dev
+        ```
+
+   - Run the following to start the frontend server:
+
+        ```sh
+        frontend-dev
+        ```
+
+   - Run the following to display a list of available commands:
+
+        ```sh
+        env-help
+        ```