majorly overhauled the design to now use docker-compose and postgres

app/Dockerfile

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+# ==========================================
+# Stage 1: Build the CSS using Node.js
+# ==========================================
+FROM node:20-slim AS css-builder
+
+WORKDIR /build
+
+# Copy package files and install dependencies
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install
+
+# Copy your source code (needed if your CSS framework scans HTML/JS for classes, like Tailwind)
+COPY . .
+
+# Run your build script
+RUN npm run build:css
+
+# ==========================================
+# Stage 2: Final Python Image
+# ==========================================
+FROM python:3.13-slim
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the entire project from your host machine
+COPY . ./app/
+
+# Overwrite the empty CSS directory with the compiled CSS from Stage 1
+# IMPORTANT: Change the paths below to match where your CSS actually gets generated!
+# Example: COPY --from=css-builder /build/static/css/style.css ./app/static/css/style.css
+COPY --from=css-builder /build/static/css/output.css ./app/static/css/output.css
+
+# Expose Gunicorn port
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Gunicorn command
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--preload", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:5000", "app:create_app()"]