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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🐾 Toes
 
-Toes is a personal web server you run in your home.
+Toes is a personal web appliance you run on your home network.
 
 Plug it in, turn it on, and forget about the cloud.
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Plug it in, turn it on, and forget about the cloud.
 
 Toes runs on a Raspberry Pi. You'll need:
 
-- A Raspberry Pi running Raspberry Pi OS
+- A Raspberry Pi 5 running the latest Raspberry Pi OS
 - A `toes` user with passwordless sudo
 
 SSH into your Pi as the `toes` user and run:
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ This will:
 1. Install system dependencies (git, fish shell, networking tools)
 2. Install Bun and grant it network binding capabilities
 3. Clone and build the toes server
-4. Set up bundled apps (clock, code, cron, env, stats)
+4. Set up bundled apps and tools (clock, code, cron, env, stats)
 5. Install and enable a systemd service for auto-start
 
 Once complete, visit `http://<hostname>.local` on your local network.
 
 ## features
-- Hosts bun/hono/hype webapps - both SSR and SPA.
-- `toes` CLI for pushing and pulling from your server.
-- `toes` CLI for local dev mode.
+
+- Effortlessly hosts bun/hype webapps - both SSR and SPA.
+- `git push`, Heroku-style deploys
 - https://toes.local web UI for managing your projects.
-- Per-branch staging environments for Claude.
+- `toes` CLI for managing your projects.
 
 ## cli configuration
 
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ TOES_URL=http://192.168.1.50:3000 toes list  # connect to IP
 TOES_URL=http://mypi.local toes list         # connect to hostname
 ```
 
-set `NODE_ENV=production` to default to `toes.local:80`.
-
 ## fun stuff
 
 - textOS (TODO, more?)