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+## Ampel - Version 0.1 aka "better scm this shit"
+This lovely piece of code is designed to display traffic lights indicating the presence or absence of anything.
+
+It is designed to run on any OS running python3 and a reasonable modern browser. Yes, even Windows is supported
+but not yet tested (comming soon™).
+
+The main porpuse is intendet for 2-3 lights indicating the availability of employees.
+
+## Technical stuff
+Ampel is build with python, flask, html5 with canvas, css3 and also some javascript.
+
+## Hack me
+The code is quiet flat. Try to hack around with it to suit your needs.
+All rendering is as generic as possible while fitting close to my needs.
+But adding more lights is for example just a matter of adjusting the CSS and adding a new line to "bearbeiter.txt" - 
+thats all, everything else is already done.
+
+PRs are always welcome. Feature requests beeing noticed at least.