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 Welcome to panda
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-**This repo is a work in progress and will be for the next month while we ship our first pandas to [chffr](http://getchffr.com) users. If you want a panda, download our dashcam app [chffr](http://getchffr.com) and earn comma points!**
+**This repo is a work in progress and will be for the next month while we ship our first pandas to [chffr](http://getchffr.com) users. This is not production code, and shouldn't be used as such. We are open sourcing it early for developers to start building panda support. If you want a panda, download our dashcam app [chffr](http://getchffr.com) and earn comma points!**
 
 [panda](http://github.com/commaai/panda) is the nicest universal car interface you've ever seen.