NB migrate utils stuff to `encore` lib
Update CHANGELOG
Bump (dev) dep: Faraday 1.1.1
Hk: project.clj
project.clj: minimize possible dependency conflicts
Add `lein start-dev` info to README
Fix project.clj to prevent unnecessary downstream deps
Update .gitignore
Rename: Faraday's 'creds' -> 'client-opts' (term was getting overloaded)
Project.clj hk
simple-check -> test.check
Migrate `as-<x>` fns to Encore utils
WIP cluster execute-requests