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 ## Background
 
-This project was created so I could become more familiar with [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/). It's based off [the code](https://github.com/howtographql/graphql-js) for [How to GraphQL](https://www.howtographql.com/)'s [GraphQL.js tutorial](https://www.howtographql.com/graphql-js/0-introduction/).
+This project was created so I could become more familiar with [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/). It was originally based off [the code](https://github.com/howtographql/graphql-js) for [How to GraphQL](https://www.howtographql.com/)'s [GraphQL.js tutorial](https://www.howtographql.com/graphql-js/0-introduction/), and evolved as follows:
+
+- Integration tests added to facilitate refactoring.
+- Conversion to TypeScript.
+- Switched to constructing the GraphQL schema with [Nexus Schema](https://github.com/graphql-nexus/schema).
 
 ## Getting Started
 
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 {
   "name": "hackernews-node",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
+  "description": "A GraphQL API for a Hacker News clone.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "github:tanem/hackernews-node",
   "author": "Tane Morgan (https://github.com/tanem)",