docs: clean up README formatting

- Remove time estimate from Quick Start header
- Remove redundant Why Gordon section and closing tagline
- Fix excessive whitespace in config example

commit: 9a2dd3126a71fda259cf9e640672b93bcb6a7cca
author: brice · 9mo ago · 2026-01-12 21:29 UTC
committer: brice · 9mo ago · 2026-01-12 20:30 UTC
parent: b5a29f1
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1 file · +3 -15

M README.md +3 -15


@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Build on your machine, push to deploy. Works from your laptop or CI.
28	28		- Zero downtime updates, persistent volumes, environment merging
29	29		- Single binary, ~15MB RAM
30	30
31		-	## Quick Start (5 minutes)
	31	+	## Quick Start
32	32
33	33		### Prerequisites
34	34		- Ubuntu/Debian VPS with root access

@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ backend = "pass" # "pass", "sops", or "unsafe" (plain text in data_dir)
126	126		# Registry authentication (choose password or token type)
127	127		[registry_auth]
128	128		enabled = true
129		-	type = "password" # "password" or "token"
130		-
	129	+	type = "password" # "password" or "token"
131	130		# Password auth: bcrypt hash stored in secrets backend
132	131		username = "deploy"
133	132		password_hash = "gordon/registry/password_hash" # path in secrets backend
134		-
135	133		# Token auth: JWT-based authentication
136	134		# token_secret = "gordon/registry/token_secret" # path in secrets backend
137	135

@@ -328,16 +326,6 @@ Gordon is open source and welcomes contributions:
328	326		- [Suggest features](https://github.com/bnema/gordon/discussions)
329	327		- [Submit PRs](https://github.com/bnema/gordon/pulls)
330	328
331		-	## Why Gordon?
332		-
333		-	Most deployment tools require a CI/CD pipeline before you can ship anything. Gordon works the other way: push from your laptop on day one, add GitHub Actions when the project grows.
334		-
335		-	Your dev machine has 16 cores and 32GB RAM. Your VPS has 2 cores and 2GB. Why rebuild everything on the weak machine? Build locally, push the result.
336		-
337	329		## License
338	330
339		-	GPL-3.0 - Use freely, contribute back.
340		-
341		-	---
342		-
343		-	If your deployment process has more YAML than application code, something went wrong.⏎̸
	331	+	GPL-3.0 - Use freely, contribute back.⏎̸

 - Zero downtime updates, persistent volumes, environment merging
 - Single binary, ~15MB RAM
-## Quick Start (5 minutes)
+## Quick Start
 ### Prerequisites
 - Ubuntu/Debian VPS with root access
 # Registry authentication (choose password or token type)
 [registry_auth]
 enabled = true
-type = "password"                          # "password" or "token"
+type = "password"  # "password" or "token"
 # Password auth: bcrypt hash stored in secrets backend
 username = "deploy"
 password_hash = "gordon/registry/password_hash"  # path in secrets backend
 # Token auth: JWT-based authentication
 # token_secret = "gordon/registry/token_secret"  # path in secrets backend
 - [Suggest features](https://github.com/bnema/gordon/discussions)
 - [Submit PRs](https://github.com/bnema/gordon/pulls)
-## Why Gordon?
-Most deployment tools require a CI/CD pipeline before you can ship anything. Gordon works the other way: push from your laptop on day one, add GitHub Actions when the project grows.
-Your dev machine has 16 cores and 32GB RAM. Your VPS has 2 cores and 2GB. Why rebuild everything on the weak machine? Build locally, push the result.
 ## License
-GPL-3.0 - Use freely, contribute back.
+GPL-3.0 - Use freely, contribute back.⏎̸
----
-If your deployment process has more YAML than application code, something went wrong.⏎̸