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+[package]
+name = "the-pit"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+mimalloc = "0.1"
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
+strip = true
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