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+# catserver
+Go server to serve concatenated files. Helpful for old-fashioned web development.
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+This project is meant to compile down to one binary which does one thing and does it well, following the Unix philosophy.
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+The goal is to offer a simpler alternative to one feature offered by GulpJS, Webpack, etc., namely, concatenating files and serving the result.