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@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ Alternately, even just feedback is great:
 * Healthcheck route
 * No global state
 
+# Design Decisions
+
+* TLS is terminated somewhere else, like on a sidecar or reverse proxy.
+* logging: [rs/zerolog](https://github.com/rs/zerolog)
+* configuration: [spf13/viper](https://github.com/spf13/viper)
+* mux/router: [gorilla/mux](https://github.com/gorilla/mux)
+* templating: TBD (suggestions welcome)
+* database: TBD (thinking about [go-gorm/gorm](https://github.com/go-gorm/gorm))
+
 # TODO
 
 * Database Boilerplate