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-While trying out the excellent [FastApi][] framework there was one peace missing for me: an easy, declarative way to define permissions of users (and roles/groups) on resources. Since I reall love the way [Pyramid][] handles this, I re-implemented and adapted the system for FastApi (well, you might call it a blatant rip-off).
+While trying out the excellent [FastApi][] framework there was one piece missing for me: an easy, declarative way to define permissions of users (and roles/groups) on resources. Since I reall love the way [Pyramid][] handles this, I re-implemented and adapted the system for FastApi (well, you might call it a blatant rip-off).
 
 
 An extremely simple and incomplete example: