diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Here's where we're at right now:
 - [~] Connect to deltachat-core-rust
 - [ ] Set up an account via autoconfiguration
 - [ ] Set up an account manually
+- [ ] Contacts handling
 - [ ] Text messages
 - [ ] Multimedia messages
 - [ ] Setup messages
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ Here's where we're at right now:
 Mobile IM, mostly. Desktop IM, also. It's ideal for my pinephone, and lighter
 than the electron desktop client.
 
+At this point, I don't know Rust, I don't know DBUS, I don't know Telepathy, and
+I don't know Deltachat particularly well either. So this also functions as a
+learning exercise!
+
 ## How
 
 This project is written in Rust, so you'll need a rust compiler to build it.