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 ## Extensions
 
- * Tahoe has a programmatic API which simplifies building custom applications on top of the storage infrastructure.
+ * Tahoe has a programmatic API which enables building custom applications on top of the storage infrastructure.
 
  * The **webapi.txt** document shows how to control a Tahoe node programmatically.