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 backend/onprem/app_sdk/apps
 *test.py
-shuffle-apps/*
diff --git a/shuffle-apps/README.md b/shuffle-apps/README.md
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+# Shuffle Apps 
+* This folder is by default meant to be empty
+* This folder is meant for quick development of apps (single button hot-loading) 
+* Some shuffle apps can be found at https://github.com/frikky/shuffle-apps
+