diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# --- Frontend Build ---
+FROM node:20-alpine as frontend-builder
+WORKDIR /app/frontend
+COPY frontend/package*.json ./
+RUN npm install --force
+COPY frontend/ ./
+RUN npm run build
+
+# --- Backend Build ---
+FROM rust:1.77-slim as backend-builder
+WORKDIR /app/backend
+# Pre-build dependencies for caching
+COPY backend/Cargo.toml backend/Cargo.lock ./
+RUN mkdir src && echo "fn main() {}" > src/main.rs && cargo build --release && rm -rf src
+COPY backend/src ./src
+COPY backend/migrations ./migrations
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+# --- Final Image ---
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y sqlite3 ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=backend-builder /app/backend/target/release/attendance ./server
+COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/frontend/build ./frontend/build
+
+ENV STATIC_DIR=/app/frontend/build
+ENV DATABASE_URL=sqlite:/data/attendance.db
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD ["./server"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: dev dev-backend dev-frontend build test compose-up
+
+dev:
+	@echo "Starting backend and frontend in parallel..."
+	@make -j 2 dev-backend dev-frontend
+
+dev-backend:
+	cd backend && cargo run
+
+dev-frontend:
+	cd frontend && npm run dev
+
+build:
+	cd frontend && npm run build
+	cd backend && cargo build --release
+
+test:
+	cd backend && cargo test
+
+compose-up:
+	docker-compose up --build
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
+    environment:
+      - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:/data/attendance.db
+      - STATIC_DIR=/app/frontend/build
+    restart: always
diff --git a/k8s/cronjob.yaml b/k8s/cronjob.yaml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: tutortool-backup
+spec:
+  schedule: "0 3 * * *"
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+          - name: backup
+            image: alpine:latest
+            command:
+            - /bin/sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              apk add --no-cache sqlite
+              sqlite3 /data/attendance.db "VACUUM INTO '/data/backup-$(date +%F).sqlite'"
+              find /data -name "backup-*.sqlite" -mtime +7 -delete
+            volumeMounts:
+            - name: db-storage
+              mountPath: /data
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          volumes:
+          - name: db-storage
+            persistentVolumeClaim:
+              claimName: tutortool-pvc
diff --git a/k8s/deployment.yaml b/k8s/deployment.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: tutortool
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tutortool
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tutortool
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: app
+        image: tutor-registry:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 3000
+        env:
+        - name: DATABASE_URL
+          value: "sqlite:/data/attendance.db"
+        - name: STATIC_DIR
+          value: "/app/frontend/build"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: db-storage
+          mountPath: /data
+      volumes:
+      - name: db-storage
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: tutortool-pvc
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: tutortool
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: tutortool
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 3000
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: tutortool-ingress
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: tutor.puchstein.dev
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - path: /
+        pathType: Prefix
+        backend:
+          service:
+            name: tutortool
+            port:
+              number: 80
diff --git a/k8s/pvc.yaml b/k8s/pvc.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: tutortool-pvc
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi