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                <h3>Stupidly Simple</h3>
                <p>Pico makes creating and maintaining a website as simple as editing text files.</p>
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                <h3>Blazing Fast</h3>
                <p>Pico is seriously lightweight and doesn't use a database, making it super fast.</p>
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                <h3>No Database</h3>
                <p>Pico is a "flat file" CMS, meaning no database woes, no MySQL queries, nothing.</p>
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                <h3>Markdown Formatting</h3>
                <p>Edit your website in your favourite text editor using simple <a href="https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax" target="_blank">Markdown</a> formatting.</p>
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                <h3>Twig Templates</h3>
                <p>Pico uses the <a href="https://twig.symfony.com" target="_blank">Twig</a> templating engine, for powerful and flexible themes.</p>
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                <h3>Open Source</h3>
                <p>Pico is completely free and open source, released under the <a href="{{ site.gh_project_url }}/blob/{{ site.gh_project_branch }}/LICENSE.md" target="_blank">MIT license</a>.</p>
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