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Bad Documentation.

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by searching README.md for “shhhhh” and reviewing the surrounding documentation. Clarify what the term refers to and update the README so its purpose is understandable to newcomers; the work is done when the question is answered directly in the documentation.

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Description

What is 'shhhhh' for? Is this the secret ?? It is siple not clear. You may make it more clearer in the Readme.md

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