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+[tool.poetry]
+name = "jlj-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "my personal utilities"
+authors = ["jowj <me@jowj.net>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
+build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"