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 ### Docker
 
 this project uses [Dockerfiles][df] to allow for *mostly-reproducible* builds.
-[podman][podman] is used instead of docker, because the official docker software
+[podman][podman is used] instead of docker, because the official docker software
 is commercial and obnoxious.
 
 **neither docker nor podman is required for executing the binaries.**
 binaries are to be isolated and extracted from the resulting containers.
 those binaries can then be transferred across platforms, like any other APE.
 
-[podman]: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-build.1.html
 [df]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/
+[podman]: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-build.1.html
 
 in the future, it would be nice to use something
-like what [Void Linux][void] does for its packages,
+like [what Void Linux does for its packages,][void]
 which would entirely sidestep the clunkiness
 of Dockerfiles and working with containers.