diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 781e957..01558e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 .clj-kondo/
 .cpcache/
 .lsp/
+/.Rprofile
+/.nrepl-port
+/target/
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index f394023..ade81cc 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 {:paths ["src" "resources"]
- :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
-        scicloj/metamorph.ml {:mvn/version "0.8.2"}
-        cheshire/cheshire {:mvn/version "5.12.0"}
-        techascent/tech.ml.dataset {:mvn/version "7.029"}
-        com.oracle.labs.olcut/olcut-config-edn {:mvn/version "5.3.0"}
-        org.tribuo/tribuo-all {:mvn/version "4.2.0" :extension "pom"}}
+ :deps {org.clojure/clojure                     {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
+        scicloj/metamorph.ml                    {:mvn/version "0.8.2"}
+        cheshire/cheshire                       {:mvn/version "5.12.0"}
+        techascent/tech.ml.dataset              {:mvn/version "7.029"}
+        ;; tribuo core deps
+        org.tribuo/tribuo-classification-core   {:mvn/version  "4.2.0"}
+        org.tribuo/tribuo-regression-core       {:mvn/version  "4.2.0"}
+        com.oracle.labs.olcut/olcut-core        {:mvn/version "5.2.0"}
+        com.oracle.labs.olcut/olcut-config-json {:mvn/version "5.2.0"}}
 
  :aliases
  {:test
   {:extra-paths ["test"]
-   :extra-deps {org.clojure/test.check {:mvn/version "1.1.1"}
-                io.github.cognitect-labs/test-runner
-                {:git/tag "v0.5.1" :git/sha "dfb30dd"}}}
+   :extra-deps {org.clojure/test.check                {:mvn/version "1.1.1"}
+                io.github.cognitect-labs/test-runner  {:git/tag "v0.5.1" :git/sha "dfb30dd"}
+                same/ish                              {:mvn/version "0.1.6"}
+                ;;  the unit tests needs this
+                org.tribuo/tribuo-regression-sgd      {:mvn/version "4.2.0"}
+                org.tribuo/tribuo-classification-tree {:mvn/version "4.2.0"}}}
+
+
   :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build
                  {:mvn/version "0.9.6"}
                  slipset/deps-deploy {:mvn/version "0.2.0"}}
diff --git a/doc/intro.md b/doc/intro.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd8b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/intro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Introduction to scicloj/scicloj.ml.tribuo
+
+TODO: write [great documentation](http://jacobian.org/writing/what-to-write/)