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Author: steveklabnik

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+# The Rust blog
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org)
+
+This is the blog of the Rust Programming Language.
+
+It's implemented as a small static site generator, that's deployed to GitHub
+Pages via Travis.
+
+## Building
+
+To build the site locally:
+
+```console
+> git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/blog.rust-lang.org
+> cd blog.rust-lang.org
+> cargo run
+```
+
+You could do it in release mode if you'd like, but it's pretty fast in debug.
+
+From there, the generated HTML will be in a `site` directory. You can use
+any web server to check it out in your browser:
+
+```console
+> cd site
+> python -m SimpleHTTPServer 
+```
+
+The site is now available at <0.0.0.0:8000>.
+
+## Contributing
+
+First of all, thank you!
+
+Like everything in Rust, the blog is licensed MIT/Apache 2.0. See the two
+`LICENSE-*` files for more details. We're also governed by the Rust
+Code of Conduct, see `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md` for more.
+
+Please send pull requests to the master branch. If you're trying to do
+something big, please open an issue before working on it, so we can make sure
+that it's something that will eventually be accepted.