Move to uv/pyproject and overhaul project structure

Dockerfile

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+# Stage 1: Builder
+FROM python:3.13.7-slim AS builder
+
+# Install uv binary from it’s official docker repository
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+# Install OS-level dependencies(needed for compiling python packages)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+curl build-essential && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy dependency management files
+# (Only pyproject.toml and uv.lock file is needed to replicate the environment))
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock /app/
+
+# Use uv to install all project dependenies in a virtual environment
+RUN uv sync --frozen --compile-bytecode
+
+
+# Stage 2: Runtime
+FROM python:3.13.7-slim AS runtime
+
+# Environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+# Copy the virtual environment from the builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app /app
+
+# Add the virtual environment’s binary directory to PATH
+ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Copy project files
+COPY . /app/
+
+# Expose Django's default port
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/.docker/start.sh" ]