diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+Pipfile.lock
+db.sqlite3
+*.pyc
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
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+++ b/Pipfile
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+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+django = "*"
+black = "*"
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.10"
diff --git a/src/django_yak/__init__.py b/src/django_yak/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/django_yak/asgi.py b/src/django_yak/asgi.py
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+++ b/src/django_yak/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for django_yak project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_yak.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/src/django_yak/settings.py b/src/django_yak/settings.py
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+++ b/src/django_yak/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for django_yak project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.1.2.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-=c4+*0^pgek=ihf!*7v!+$i+($=xnsrl7*jx&i(3%b%y9_#v@d"
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "yak",
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "django_yak.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "django_yak.wsgi.application"
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
+
+TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
diff --git a/src/django_yak/urls.py b/src/django_yak/urls.py
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+++ b/src/django_yak/urls.py
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+"""django_yak URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import include, path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("", include("yak.urls")),
+]
diff --git a/src/django_yak/wsgi.py b/src/django_yak/wsgi.py
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+++ b/src/django_yak/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for django_yak project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_yak.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/src/manage.py b/src/manage.py
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+++ b/src/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_yak.settings")
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/yak/__init__.py b/src/yak/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/yak/admin.py b/src/yak/admin.py
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+++ b/src/yak/admin.py
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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/src/yak/apps.py b/src/yak/apps.py
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+++ b/src/yak/apps.py
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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class YakConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "yak"
diff --git a/src/yak/migrations/0001_initial.py b/src/yak/migrations/0001_initial.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yak/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.2 on 2022-10-12 21:38
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Status",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "status",
+                    models.CharField(max_length=16, primary_key=True, serialize=False),
+                ),
+                ("order_key", models.SmallIntegerField(default=0)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "verbose_name_plural": "statuses",
+                "ordering": ["order_key", "status"],
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Card",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.UUIDField(
+                        default=uuid.uuid4,
+                        editable=False,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=64)),
+                ("details", models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                ("created_datetime", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                (
+                    "created_user",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        editable=False,
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        related_name="created_cards",
+                        to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "parent",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="children",
+                        to="yak.card",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("relations", models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to="yak.card")),
+                (
+                    "status",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        to="yak.status",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "users",
+                    models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "get_latest_by": "created_date",
+                "order_with_respect_to": "parent",
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/yak/migrations/__init__.py b/src/yak/migrations/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/yak/models.py b/src/yak/models.py
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+++ b/src/yak/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+import uuid
+
+
+class Status(models.Model):
+    status = models.CharField(
+        max_length=16,
+        primary_key=True,
+    )
+    order_key = models.SmallIntegerField(
+        default=0,
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["order_key", "status"]
+        verbose_name_plural = "statuses"
+
+
+class Card(models.Model):
+    id = models.UUIDField(
+        primary_key=True,
+        editable=False,
+        default=uuid.uuid4,
+    )
+    title = models.CharField(
+        max_length=64,
+    )
+    details = models.TextField(
+        blank=True,
+    )
+    created_datetime = models.DateTimeField(
+        editable=False,
+        auto_now_add=True,
+    )
+    created_user = models.ForeignKey(
+        get_user_model(),
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        editable=False,
+        null=True,
+        related_name="created_cards",
+    )
+    users = models.ManyToManyField(
+        get_user_model(),
+        blank=True,
+    )
+    parent = models.ForeignKey(
+        "self",
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        related_name="children",
+    )
+    relations = models.ManyToManyField(
+        "self",
+        blank=True,
+    )
+    status = models.ForeignKey(
+        Status,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        null=True,
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        get_latest_by = "created_date"
+        order_with_respect_to = "parent"
diff --git a/src/yak/templates/yak/home.html b/src/yak/templates/yak/home.html
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+++ b/src/yak/templates/yak/home.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Hello World!</h1>
diff --git a/src/yak/tests.py b/src/yak/tests.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yak/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/src/yak/urls.py b/src/yak/urls.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yak/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""django_yak URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.urls import path
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+
+app_name = "yak"
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="yak/home.html")),
+]
diff --git a/src/yak/views.py b/src/yak/views.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yak/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.