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 *This repo used to include DB examples, but they have been removed*
 
+## Joys of SMUI
+
+SMUI seems to pollute a project. It's hard to remove, so this project has "Svelte-native" (HTML) tables and also SMUI. You can use either, but if you're not going to use SMUI, **do not** base your project on this one. Create a new Svelte project and copy over the appropriate files. You have been warned.
+
 # How to Run
 
 *(Start the API project first -- see that project)*