diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8348b2a..aec4fbcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ CDC-X (stable)
 Linux/Mac: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/blindchimp/dwyco.svg?branch=cdcx-stable-travis)](https://travis-ci.org/blindchimp/dwyco)
 
 
-Reorganized, again.
-Glom everything together like I was doing with Bazaar in the past.
-Using git-repo worked, but was way too much work to keep straight.
+This repo contains the source and build instructions for:
+
+CDC-X: a video instant messenger using Qt4 (desktop only.)
+
+Phoo: a video instant messenger using Qt5 (desktop and mobile.)
+
+LH: Lingua Hacka interpreter used for the backend servers. 
+
+LHC: Lingua Hacka compiler, compiles LH to C++ (only partially done.)
+
+Misc: an assortment of helpers and bots used by the clients and servers.
+
+Each component needs a slightly different setup in order to compile it.
+You'll find details for building "cdcx" in "cdcxbld", "phoo" in "phoobld", etc.
+
+
+Deployment status as of 2018:
+* CDC-X has been deployed since the 2012, as a replacement for the long-running
+CDC32.
+
+* Phoo is deployed in alpha for Android on the Google play store.
+
+* LH is only deployed internally at Dwyco
+
diff --git a/cdcxbld/README.md b/cdcxbld/README.md
index 5fcf5b12..0a9e75cc 100644
--- a/cdcxbld/README.md
+++ b/cdcxbld/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ Windows
 
 
 Use this to build CDC-X, Dwyco desktop client. It is a Qt4 program.
+
+WARNING: CDC-X must be built with VS2008 for Windows. I attempted to
+port Qt4.8.7 to VS2015, and it worked, except there were a variety of
+small infuriating UI items that didn't work reliably (like right-clicking.)
+
diff --git a/helperbld/README.md b/helperbld/README.md
index a9f2c24e..a31f02a8 100644
--- a/helperbld/README.md
+++ b/helperbld/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,12 @@ together can build helper apps that run on the client side with CDC-X.
 
 Also, some simple bots that can be run just about anywhere, but usually
 end up on the same servers as the backend servers.
+
+The helpers are:
+* ftpreview - A server-side video previewer, simply snags first frame of video into an image file. Used to produce static web pages from video profiles.
+
+* dwycobg - A program that runs to upload messages after main UI has exited. The client can run without this, so you can leave it out of a deployment if it causes too many problems (some virus checkers think this behavior is suspicious and they block running it.)
+
+* xferdl - Downloads an update in the background. Used for the gated-updater, but gated updater has a variety of problems so it isn't used much.
+
+* qdwyrun - Qt4 based launcher, whose main purpose is to check for an update and apply it before starting the main program. Used on Windows and Linux.
diff --git a/phoobld/jni/mk.sh b/phoobld/jni/mk.sh
index 28de563b..4b143308 100755
--- a/phoobld/jni/mk.sh
+++ b/phoobld/jni/mk.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ fi
 (cd ..;mkdir obj)
 # force rebuild all
 #$NDK/ndk-build -B NDK_DEBUG=1
-$NDK/ndk-build  NDK_DEBUG=1
+$NDK/ndk-build  -B #NDK_DEBUG=1