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 # load-env
 
+**Archived**: this project is no longer seeing updates. I (highly) recommend
+you migrate to [dotenv-hs][], which has the same usage, the same features, and
+much more.
+
+[dotenv-hs]: https://github.com/stackbuilders/dotenv-hs#readme
+
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