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+To get started, first download [`just`](https://github.com/casey/just). You can use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) on OS X & Linux:
+```bash
+brew install just
+```
+
+**Once you have `just`, you need to run the `just setup` command once _before_ you can run any other command.**
+Thus, if it's your first time, you will need to do this first:
+```bash
+just setup
+just <command you want to run>
+```
+
+You can see all of the commands for the development cycle by running `just`. These commands are executable as
+`just X` for each command `X` listed:
+```
+build-dev              # Builds the development image.
+build-release          # Builds the release image.
+run-dev cmd='bash'     # Runs an interactive program in the development bionemo image.
+run-release cmd='bash' # Runs an interactive program in the release bionemo image.
+setup                  # Checks for installed programs (docker, git, etc.), their versions, and grabs the latest cache image.
+test                   # Executes pytest in the release image.
+```
+
+You can combine `just` commands together. For example, run `just build-dev build-release` to build both images.