diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e14e625..56dee82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ dist/
 .cache
 .pytest_cache/
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
+env/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
 
 # System specific files
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b13160..9b39a44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,21 +80,28 @@ We welcome feature suggestions and community contributions.
 Currently, only reading OBO files is supported.
 Please open an issue if you're interested in writing OBO files in Python.
 
-## Release instructions
-
-This section is only relevant for project maintainers.
-Travis CI deployments are used to upload releases to [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/hetio).
-To create a new release, do the following:
-
-1. Bump the `__version__` in [`obonet/__init__.py`](https://github.com/dhimmel/obonet/blob/master/obonet/__init__.py).
-
-3. Run the following commands:
-    
-  ```sh
-  TAG=v`python setup.py --version`
-  git add obonet/__init__.py
-  git commit --message="Upgrade version to $TAG"
-  git push
-  git tag --annotate $TAG --message="Release $TAG"
-  git push --tags
-  ```
+## Develop
+
+Some development commands:
+
+```bash
+# create virtual environment
+python3 -m venv ./env
+
+# activate virtual environment
+source env/bin/activate
+
+# editable installation for development
+pip install --editable ".[dev]"
+
+# install pre-commit hooks
+pre-commit install
+
+# run all pre-commit checks
+pre-commit run --all
+
+# run tests
+pytest
+```
+
+Maintainers can make a new release at <https://github.com/dhimmel/obonet/releases/new>.