SIENTIAPDE-1308: Initial Docker setup, improved .dockerignore, updated README, and minor fixes.

.dockerignore

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+# Git
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+
+# Documentation
+*.md
+docs/
+README*
+
+# Tests and development
+tests/
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.mypy_cache/
+.pyre/
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Python cache and compiled files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+.venv/
+.env/
+
+# IDE and editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# OS files
+.dockerignore
+.dockerignore.dockerignore
+
+# CI/CD
+.github/
+.gitlab-ci.yml
+.travis.yml
+.circleci/
+Jenkinsfile
+
+# Local configuration
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
+config/local/
+*.local
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids/
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Temporary files
+tmp/
+temp/
+*.tmp
+*.temp
+
+# Node.js (if any frontend tools)
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# Database
+*.db
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# Backup files
+*.bak
+*.backup
+*.old
+
+# Local development scripts
+scripts/local/
+dev-*
+
+# Docker files (excluding the main ones)
+docker-compose*.yml
+docker-compose*.yaml
+Dockerfile.*
+!Dockerfile
+
+# Helm charts (already in .gitignore but reinforcing)
+charts/
+
+# Kubernetes manifests
+k8s/
+kube-*
+
+# Terraform
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+.terraform/
+
+# Monitoring and profiling
+*.prof
+*.profile
+.perf
+
+# Security
+*.pem
+*.key
+*.crt
+*.p12
+secrets/
+*.secret
+
+# Large binaries and datasets
+*.bin
+*.pkl
+*.pickle
+*.joblib
+data/
+datasets/
+models/pre-trained/
+
+# Build artifacts
+build/
+dist/
+target/
+out/
+
+# Package manager lock files (keeping requirements.txt)
+package-lock.json
+yarn.lock
+Pipfile.lock
+
+# Local tools
+tools/local/
+bin/local/
+
+# Cache directories
+.cache/
+cache/