From aba8764322293860de6e5d5b8c63bc33561bcf89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melody Horn <melody@boringcactus.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:10:18 -0600
Subject: rebalance introductory material

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    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
-.. include:: README.md
+*******
+Crowbar
+*******
 
-Crowbar Specification
-=====================
+Crowbar: the good parts of C, with a little bit extra.
 
-Version |version|
+**This is entirely a work-in-progress, and should not be relied upon to be stable (or even accurate) in any way.**
+
+Crowbar is a language that is derived from (and, wherever possible, interoperable with) C, and aims to remove as many `footguns`_ and as much needless complexity from C as possible while still being familiar to C developers.
+
+.. _footguns: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/footgun
+
+Ideally, a typical C codebase should be straightforward to rewrite in Crowbar, and any atypical C constructions not supported by Crowbar can be left as C.
+
+This site hosts the Crowbar specification.
+Additional resources you may be interested in:
+
+* `sr.ht project hub`_
+* `specification PDF`_
+* `specification EPUB`_
+* `reference compiler`_
+
+.. _sr.ht project hub: https://sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-lang/
+.. _specification PDF: /crowbar-spec.pdf
+.. _specification EPUB: /crowbar-spec.epub
+.. _reference compiler: https://git.sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-reference-compiler
+
+Motivation
+==========
+
+* `Rust is not a good C replacement <https://drewdevault.com/2019/03/25/Rust-is-not-a-good-C-replacement.html>`_
+
+Journal
+=======
+
+* `Crowbar: Defining a good C replacement <https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/09/28/crowbar-1-defining-a-c-replacement.html>`_
+* `Crowbar: Simplifying C's type names <https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/10/13/crowbar-2-simplifying-c-type-names.html>`_
+* `Crowbar: Turns out, language development is hard <https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/10/19/crowbar-3-this-is-tough.html>`_
+
+Discuss
+=======
+
+* `announcement mailing list <https://lists.sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-lang-announce>`_
+* `permanent discussion mailing list <https://lists.sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-lang-devel>`_
+* ephemeral discussions via IRC: #crowbar-lang on freenode (`join via irc <ircs://chat.freenode.net/#crowbar-lang>`_, `join via web <https://webchat.freenode.net/#crowbar-lang>`_)
+
+Specification
+=============
 
 ..  toctree::
     :maxdepth: 2
-    :caption: Contents:
 
-    intro
     vs-c
     tagged-unions
     types
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