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+# Base image is node-22
+FROM node:22-slim AS base
+
+# Setup pnpm
+ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
+ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+RUN corepack enable
+RUN corepack install --global pnpm@9.1.3
+
+# Create app directory
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# install dependencies into temp directory
+# this will cache them and speed up future builds
+FROM base AS install
+# install python and all the stuff required to build sqlite3
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 build-essential
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN mkdir -p /temp/prod
+COPY package.json /temp/prod/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store cd /temp/prod && pnpm install --prod
+
+FROM base AS release
+
+# Set env to production
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+
+# copy production dependencies and source code into final image
+COPY . .
+COPY --from=install /temp/prod/node_modules node_modules
+
+# run the app
+EXPOSE 42069/tcp
+ENTRYPOINT [ "pnpm", "ponder", "start"]
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