diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
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+.venv
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.Python
+.env
+.git
+.gitignore
+node_modules
+lib/
+bin/
+.vscode/
+.lh
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/include
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["python", "-m", "core.startup", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONPATH=/app/include
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+starlette>=0.40.0
+uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.0
+pydantic>=2.0
+sqlalchemy>=2.0
+pyyaml>=6.0
+python-seamless>=0.8.0
+watchfiles>=0.21.0