updated readme

README.md

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 ## I’m in! Now what?
 
-We live and collaborate the work in the LAION discord. Join us!
+[Fill out the contributor signup form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuggO7UdYkBvGLEJldDvxp6DwaRbW5p7dl96UzFkZgziRTrQ/viewform)
 
 [Join the LAION Discord Server!](https://discord.gg/RQFtmAmk)
 
+[Visit the Notion](https://ykilcher.com/open-chat-gpt)
+
+## Developer Setup
+
+Work is organized in the [project board](https://github.com/orgs/LAION-AI/projects/3).
+
+### Python Backend
+
+For a local developer setup, look into the `backend` folder to pull up a local database and backend.
+
+There is also a minimal implementation of a frontend in the `text-frontend` folder.
+
+We are using Python 3.10
+
+Check out the [High-Level Protocol Architecture](https://www.notion.so/High-Level-Protocol-Architecture-6f1fd3551da74213b560ead369f132dc)
+
+### Website
+
+The website is built using Next.js and is in the `website` folder.
+
+### Pre-commit
+
+Install `pre-commit` and run `pre-commit install` to install the pre-commit hooks.
+
+In case you haven't done this, have already committed, and CI is failing, you can run `pre-commit run --all-files` to run the pre-commit hooks on all files.
+
+# (Older version of the readme below)
+
 ## How do I start helping out?
 
 Check out these pages to learn more about the project.
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 ## Code structure
 
-### Pre-commit
-
-Run `pre-commit install` to install the pre-commit hooks.
-
 ### Bot
 
 We have a folder named bot where code related to the bot lives.