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 # spasteg
 
-A secure, self-hostable "burn after reading" paste service with ephemeral storage written in [Gleam](https://gleam.run).
+A secure self-hostable burn-after-reading paste service with ephemeral storage written in [Gleam](https://gleam.run).
 
 ## Features