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README.md

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 This is an empty project right now. It merely holds a simplistic FastAPI server to showcase Railway.
 
+- Windows WSL is recommended for development. See [here][wsl] for setup instructions.
+
+## Setup
+
+1. Install [`pyenv`][pyenv] or [`pyenv-win`][pyenv-win]
+    
+    - Install Python 3.12 (`pyenv install 3.12`)
+
+2. Install `poetry`
+
+    - Requires `pipx`, see [here][pipx]
+    - Install with `pipx install poetry`
+
+3. Install backend dependencies - `poetry install`
+
+
+[wsl]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
+[pipx]: https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/
+[pyenv]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
+[pyenv-win]: https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win