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+FROM python:3.14.1-slim
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+RUN mkdir /code
+WORKDIR /code
+
+COPY . /code/
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends 'curl=7.*' 'git=1:2.*' 'build-essential=12.6' \
+    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends 'nodejs=14.*' \
+    && npm install -g yarn@1 \
+    && yarn config set network-timeout 300000 \
+    && yarn --frozen-lockfile \
+    && yarn build \
+    && yarn --cwd plugins --frozen-lockfile --ignore-optional \
+    && yarn cache clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && rm -rf node_modules
+
+# install dependencies but ignore any we don't need for dev environment
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir --compile \
+    && pip uninstall ipython-genutils pip -y
+
+# generate Django's static files
+RUN SECRET_KEY='unsafe secret key for collectstatic only' DATABASE_URL='postgres:///' REDIS_URL='redis:///' python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+# remove build dependencies not needed at runtime
+RUN apt-get purge -y git curl build-essential && apt-get autoremove -y
+
+# add posthog user, move runtime files into home and change permissions
+# this alleviates compliance issue for not running a container as root
+RUN useradd -m posthog && mv /code /home/posthog && chown -R posthog:1000 /home/posthog/code
+
+WORKDIR /home/posthog/code
+
+USER posthog
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+CMD ["./bin/docker"]