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 A simple view counter for a website
 
+### Requirements
+
+* Go
+* Docker
+* Docker Compose (Optional) or Kubernetes (Optional)
+
+### Build Application
+
+```bash
+
+go build -a -ldflags '-w'
+
+```
+
 ### Build Container
 
 Disclaimer!  If you use this, you'll need to build the container yourself.  I have a CICD pipeline setup, but my registry is used for my internal infrastructure only and is not publicly available.  
 
-Because this is a staticly linked binary with no external dependancies, the container literally only contains the binary file, keeping it clean and low in size (6.3MB).  I never did understand why people include operating systems in containers.  
+Because this is a staticly linked binary with no external runtime dependancies, the container literally only contains the binary file, keeping it clean and low in size (6.3MB).  I never did understand why people include operating systems in containers.  
 
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