diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.venv/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d659785..0252b7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ All contributions become open-source themselves, under the
     [MIT license](https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/blob/main/LICENSE.txt).
 
 
+### Local Develop Environment
+
+In order to play with the `lalib` codebase,
+    you need to set up a develop environment on your own computer.
+
+First, get your own copy of this repository:
+
+`git clone git@github.com:webartifex/lalib.git`
+
+While `lalib` comes without any dependencies
+    except core Python and the standard library for the user,
+    we assume a couple of packages and tools be installed
+    to ensure code quality during development.
+These can be viewed in the
+    [pyproject.toml](https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/blob/main/pyproject.toml) file
+    and are managed with [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/)
+    which needs to be installed as well.
+`poetry` also creates and manages a
+    [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html)
+    with the develop tools,
+    and pins their exact installation versions in the
+    [poetry.lock](https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/blob/main/poetry.lock) file.
+
+To replicate the project maintainer's develop environment, run:
+
+`poetry install`
+
+
 ### Branching Strategy
 
 The branches in this repository follow the
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
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+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package = []
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "2.0"
+python-versions = "^3.9"
+content-hash = "0ef693f84017d54b0ea1d26b405d979fc57973167b307ccd9ed780ad9bdc1a3a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000..b4894b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+
+name = "lalib"
+version = "0.4.2.dev0"
+
+authors = [
+    "Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.biz>",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Education",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+description = "A Python library to study linear algebra"
+license = "MIT"
+readme = "README.md"
+
+homepage = "https://github.com/webartifex/lalib"
+repository = "https://github.com/webartifex/lalib"
+
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+
+python = "^3.9"
+
+
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+
+
+
+[tool.poetry.urls]
+
+"Issues Tracker" = "https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/issues"
+
+
+
+[build-system]
+
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/src/lalib/__init__.py b/src/lalib/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/lalib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""A Python library to study linear algebra."""