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 # Gymboard API
 
-An HTTP/REST API powered by Java and Spring Boot. This API serves as the main entrypoint 
+An HTTP/REST API powered by Java and Spring Boot. This API serves as the main entrypoint for all data processing, and is generally the first point-of-contact for the web app or other services that consume Gymboard data.
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+## Development
+
+To ease development, `nl.andrewlalis.gymboard_api.model.SampleDataLoader` will run on startup and populate the database with some sample entities. You can regenerate this data by manually deleting the database, and deleting the `.sample_data` marker file that's generated in the project directory.