diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ x-finished task
 
 Notes:
   Initial release will no longer feature SSH auth, distrend will handle auth telnet-style. User registration will be done via PHP.
+  Simpleslave uses a PHP API to communicate with the mysql-backed server, allowing debugging while server software is nonfunctional.
 
 Build
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Slave
 B-Add tmpdir variable (just like the datadir variable) that is compile-time or whatever -> simple API to allow configuration-file override while taking into account defaults set by ./configure
 *-Finish stub to delete old job data and output
 =-Upload finished frames' output files while rendering subsequent frames
+x-Add simpleslave with code to work around nonexisting server codebase
 
 Options
 =-Rewrite some stuff, try to make it simpler