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 ## Credits
 
-- [Plan 9 from Bell Labs](https://9fans.net) — for an interesting system
-- [@9fans](https://github.com/9fans) — for the Plan 9 port
-- [Suckless](https://suckless.org) — for articulating good software development principles
-- [@simonfxr](https://github.com/simonfxr) — for a solid agent baseline to "borrow" from
-- [@aws](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli) — for a solid open-source agent implementation
+- [Plan 9 from Bell Labs](https://9fans.net) — for proving everything should be a file
+- Dennis Ritchie — for the contract
+- Ken Thompson — for the tools
+- Rob Pike — for the network (and the editor)
+- [Suckless](https://suckless.org) — for the conviction that good software comes from subtraction, not addition
+- [@simonfxr](https://github.com/simonfxr) — asks "what if" through implementation; the observer agent, feed system, and half the good ideas trace back to his prototypes
+- [@aws/amazon-q-developer-cli](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli) — for a solid open-source agent implementation to build on
 
 ## License