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 ## Pixi is a pixi project so use a preinstalled `pixi` to run the predefined tasks
 ```shell
-pixi run build
+pixi run build-debug # or `pixi run build-release` to build with optimizations
 pixi run lint
 pixi run test-all-fast
 pixi run install # only works on unix systems as on windows you can't overwrite the binary while it's running