Transition to Docker-based framework

Dockerfile

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+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file into the container
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code into the container
+COPY . .
+
+# Command to run the application
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000", "main:app"]