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 ### Backend
 
-1. Install `python>=3.8`
+1. Install `python>=3.8 python3-dev g++`
 2. Create a virtual environment with `python3 -m venv .venv`
 3. Activate your dev environment with `source .venv/bin/activate`
 4. Update pip packages with `pip install -U pip setuptools wheel`