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 First, install [nix][nix] if you don't have it.
 
-The `shell.nix` provides a reproducible build environment for android and rust. I recommend using [direnv][direnv] to load this environment when you `cd` into the directory.
+The `shell.nix` provides a reproducible build environment, mainly for android but it also includes rust tools if you don't have those installed. It will likely work without nix if you are just looking to do non-android dev and have the rust toolchain already installed. If you decide to use nix, I recommend using [direnv][direnv] to load the nix shell environment when you `cd` into the directory.
 
 If you don't have [direnv][direnv], enter the dev shell via: