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 ## Developing Electric
 
-We're using [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/) to install Elixir, Erlang, and Node.js. Versions are defined in [.tool-versions](.tool-versions).
+We use [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/) to install Elixir, Erlang, and Node.js. Versions are defined in [.tool-versions](.tool-versions).
 
 ### Mac setup