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 ### Task 1: Minimum Viable Product
 
-- [ ] Pick any API, could be one of your past projects, and deploy it to [Heroku](https://heroku.com).
-- [ ] Add support for environment variables using an `.env` file. You can use the [dotenv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) npm package.
+- [X] Pick any API, could be one of your past projects, and deploy it to [Heroku](https://heroku.com).
+- [X] Add support for environment variables using an `.env` file. You can use the [dotenv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) npm package.