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+We take our documentation seriously. Please start reading the documentation before you attempt to use simdjson. We hope you will enjoy reading us.
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 * Basics: https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/blob/master/doc/basics.md is an overview of how to use simdjson and its APIs.
 * parse_many: https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/blob/master/doc/parse_many.md describes an interface providing features to work with files or streams containing multiple small JSON documents. As fast and convenient as possible.
 * Performance: https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/blob/master/doc/performance.md shows some more advanced scenarios and how to tune for them.