diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c900296..898e717 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
This repo contains the starter code for the "Notely" application for the "Learn CICD" course on [Boot.dev](https://boot.dev).
-This README is for reference purposes only! Follow the instructions in the course, don't start doing all the steps here in the README.
-
## Local Development
Make sure you're on Go version 1.20+.
@@ -20,40 +18,6 @@ Run the server:
go build -o notely && ./notely
```
-*This starts the server in non-database mode.* It will serve a webpage at `http://localhost:8000`. However, you won't be able to interact with the webpage until you connect it to a MySQL database and run the migrations.
+*This starts the server in non-database mode.* It will serve a simple webpage at `http://localhost:8000`.
-## Database Setup
-
-This project uses a MySQL database for persistent storage. You can install MySQL locally for local development, or connect to a remote database.
-
-Add *your* database connection string to your `.env` file. Here's an example:
-
-```bash
-DATABASE_URL="username:password@host/dbname?tls=true"
-```
-
-Once you have an empty database, you'll need to run migrations to create the schema. Make sure you have [goose](https://github.com/pressly/goose) installed:
-
-```bash
-go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest
-```
-
-Then run the migrations:
-
-```bash
-./scripts/migrateup.sh
-```
-
-Start the server:
-
-```bash
-go build -o notely && ./notely
-```
-
-Because the `DATABASE_URL` environment variable is set, the server will connect to the database and serve the webpage at `http://localhost:8000`. The page should be fully functional now. You can:
-
-* Create a user (login as that user)
-* Save notes
-* Logout (To log in again you'll just create a new user)
-
-*The purpose of this project is to just be a simple CRUD app that we can use to practice CI/CD. It's not meant to be a fully functional app.*
+You do *not* need to set up a database or any interactivity on the webpage yet. Instructions for that will come later in the course!
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 47a6774..fbef345 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var staticFiles embed.FS
func main() {
err := godotenv.Load(".env")
if err != nil {
- log.Fatalf("Error loading .env file: %v", err)
+ log.Printf("warning: assuming default configuration. .env unreadable: %v", err)
}
port := os.Getenv("PORT")
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 5d4ad73..72be101 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
-