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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Denis Ivanov
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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+# ⚓ L-36: Ultra-Fast Sharded Versioning Engine
+
+**L-36** is a high-performance, in-memory data store with native versioning support, specifically engineered for extreme write-heavy workloads and real-time diffing.
+
+[![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/go-1.26-blue.svg)](https://go.dev)
+[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-linux%20%7C%20macos-lightgrey.svg)](https://github.com)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org)
+
+## 🚀 Performance Benchmarks
+*Tested on Ubuntu Latest (GitHub Actions) with 2 vCPUs:*
+
+
+| Metric | Throughput | Latency (avg) |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **Page Creation (Baseline)** | **18,600+ RPS** | ~54µs |
+| **Heavy Lifecycle (with Diffs)** | **11,500+ RPS** | ~90µs |
+
+> **Note:** L-36 is a compute-bound engine. Performance scales linearly with CPU core count. On a 16-core machine, expected throughput exceeds **80,000+ RPS**.
+
+## 🛠 Core Architecture
+L-36's battleship-grade performance is built on four architectural pillars:
+
+1. **36-Way Horizontal Sharding**: Data is distributed across 36 independent shards. This eliminates global mutex contention, allowing massive parallel access on multi-core systems.
+2. **Reverse Delta Storage**: We store the latest version in full and a chain of backward patches (Diffs). This provides O(1) access to current data while minimizing RAM footprint.
+3. **Advanced Diff Engine**: Powered by optimized Google DMP (Diff-Match-Patch) with row-level pre-processing and custom memoization.
+4. **Parallel Persistence**: Each of the 36 shards flushes to its own independent JSON file. This "36-Safe" approach ensures asynchronous, non-blocking I/O operations.
+
+## 📦 Installation & Usage
+
+**Clone the repository**
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/DenQ/L36.git
+```
+
+**Install dependencies**
+```bash
+make install
+```
+
+**Run the engine**
+```bash
+make run
+```
+
+## ⚖️ License
+
+Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for more information.
+
+---
+Copyright (c) 2026 Denis Ivanov