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+continuserv proactively re-generates the spec on filesystem changes, and serves it over HTTP.
+
+To run it, you must install the `go` tool. You will also need to install fsnotify by running:
+ `go get gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1`
+You can then run continuserv by running:
+ `go run main.go`