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+:set -isrc
+:set -XOverloadedStrings
diff --git a/memoise.cabal b/memoise.cabal
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+Name:                memoise
+Version:             0.1
+License:             BSD3
+Author:              Ryan Trinkle
+Maintainer:          ryan.trinkle@gmail.com
+Stability:           Experimental
+Category:            Web
+Build-type:          Simple
+Cabal-version:       >=1.2
+Synopsis:            The world's laziest hyperlink shortener
+Description:
+  memoi.se is a URL shortener built in Haskell with the Snap framework
+
+Executable memoise
+  Hs-source-dirs: src
+  Main-is: Main.hs
+  Build-depends: base                      >= 4        && < 5
+               , snap                      >= 0.12     && < 0.13
+  GHC-options: -threaded -O2
+  Extensions: OverloadedStrings
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+import Snap
+
+site = writeText "Hello, world!"
+
+main = quickHttpServe site