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+# Development Guide
+
+## Docker
+
+In order to have a common development environment, its nice to use docker. Its quite easy. To build a new image, simply run 
+
+`docker build . -t mastodon_blocklist_deploy`
+
+Now you can execute any commands using
+
+`docker run --rm mastodon_blocklist_deploy --help`
+
+If you want to avoid building new containers for each change, simply mount your code into the container using
+
+`docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app mastodon_blocklist_deploy`
+
+Please be aware that changes to the package itself require a rebuild anyways.
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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock README.md /app/
+COPY mastodon_blocklist_deploy /app/mastodon_blocklist_deploy
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["mastodon_blocklist_deploy"]
+
+RUN pip install -e .