diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/canary.dev b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/canary.dev
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+# =============================================================================
+# ©AngelaMos | 2026
+# canary.dev
+# =============================================================================
+# Development image: golang:1.25-alpine + Air for hot reload.
+# Source is bind-mounted by dev.compose.yml; Air rebuilds on file change.
+#
+# Build context: ./backend
+# Reads .air.toml from the bind-mounted source.
+# =============================================================================
+
+FROM golang:1.25-alpine
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache git curl wget
+
+RUN go install github.com/air-verse/air@latest
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+CMD ["air", "-c", ".air.toml"]
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/canary.prod b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/canary.prod
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+# =============================================================================
+# ©AngelaMos | 2026
+# canary.prod
+# =============================================================================
+# Multi-stage build:
+#   Stage 1 (builder)   golang:1.25-alpine, CGO_ENABLED=0, trimpath, ldflags
+#   Stage 2 (final)     gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot — no shell, non-root
+#
+# Build context: ./backend (set by compose.yml)
+# Result: /canary single static binary, runs as nonroot user.
+# =============================================================================
+
+FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates git
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build \
+    -trimpath \
+    -ldflags="-s -w" \
+    -o /out/canary \
+    ./cmd/canary
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot AS final
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+COPY --from=builder /out/canary /canary
+COPY --from=builder /src/config.yaml /config.yaml
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+USER nonroot:nonroot
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/canary"]
+CMD ["-config", "/config.yaml"]
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/vite.dev b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/vite.dev
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+++ b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/vite.dev
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+# =============================================================================
+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# vite.dev
+# =============================================================================
+# Development Dockerfile for Vite/React frontend
+# Features: pnpm, HMR support, polling for Docker file watching
+# =============================================================================
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+FROM node:22-slim
+
+RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml* ./
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store \
+    pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+CMD ["pnpm", "dev", "--host", "0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/vite.prod b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/docker/vite.prod
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+# =============================================================================
+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# vite.prod
+# =============================================================================
+# Production Dockerfile: builds Vite app, serves via Nginx
+# =============================================================================
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# ============================================================================
+# BUILD STAGE
+# ============================================================================
+FROM node:22-slim AS builder
+
+RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY react-scss/package.json react-scss/pnpm-lock.yaml* ./
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store \
+    pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+COPY react-scss/ .
+
+ARG VITE_API_URL=/api
+ARG VITE_APP_TITLE="My App"
+
+ENV VITE_API_URL=${VITE_API_URL} \
+    VITE_APP_TITLE=${VITE_APP_TITLE}
+
+RUN pnpm build
+
+# ============================================================================
+# PRODUCTION STAGE
+# ============================================================================
+FROM nginx:1.27-alpine AS production
+
+RUN rm -rf /usr/share/nginx/html/* && \
+    rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+COPY --chown=nginx:nginx infra/nginx/nginx.prod.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+COPY --chown=nginx:nginx infra/nginx/prod.nginx /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+RUN chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html && \
+    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/cache/nginx && \
+    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/log/nginx && \
+    touch /var/run/nginx.pid && \
+    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/run/nginx.pid
+
+USER nginx
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:80/health || exit 1
+
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/dev.nginx b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/dev.nginx
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+# =============================================================================
+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# dev.nginx
+# =============================================================================
+# Development server block: proxies to Vite dev server with HMR
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    server_name _;
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main_timed;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log debug;
+
+    add_header Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate" always;
+
+    location /health {
+        access_log off;
+        return 200 "healthy\n";
+        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://frontend_dev;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+        proxy_read_timeout 60s;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/nginx.conf b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/nginx.conf
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+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# nginx.conf
+# Development nginx configuration
+
+user nginx;
+worker_processes auto;
+worker_rlimit_nofile 65535;
+
+error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections 4096;
+    multi_accept on;
+    use epoll;
+}
+
+http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+    map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
+        default upgrade;
+        ''      close;
+    }
+
+    upstream frontend_dev {
+        server frontend:5173;
+        keepalive 8;
+    }
+
+    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api_limit:10m rate=10r/s;
+    limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=conn_limit:10m;
+    limit_req_status 429;
+
+    log_format main_timed '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
+                          '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
+                          '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
+                          'rt=$request_time uct="$upstream_connect_time" '
+                          'uht="$upstream_header_time" urt="$upstream_response_time"';
+
+    sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    client_body_buffer_size 128k;
+    client_header_buffer_size 16k;
+    client_max_body_size 10m;
+    large_client_header_buffers 4 16k;
+
+    client_body_timeout 12s;
+    client_header_timeout 12s;
+    send_timeout 10s;
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_min_length 256;
+    gzip_types
+        text/plain
+        text/css
+        text/xml
+        text/javascript
+        application/json
+        application/javascript
+        application/xml+rss
+        application/atom+xml
+        image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_disable "msie6";
+
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/nginx.prod.conf b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/nginx.prod.conf
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+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# nginx.prod.conf
+# Production nginx configuration
+
+worker_processes auto;
+worker_rlimit_nofile 65535;
+
+error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections 4096;
+    multi_accept on;
+    use epoll;
+}
+
+http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api_limit:10m rate=10r/s;
+    limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=conn_limit:10m;
+    limit_req_status 429;
+
+    log_format main_timed '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
+                          '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
+                          '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
+                          'rt=$request_time uct="$upstream_connect_time" '
+                          'uht="$upstream_header_time" urt="$upstream_response_time"';
+
+    sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    client_body_buffer_size 128k;
+    client_header_buffer_size 16k;
+    client_max_body_size 10m;
+    large_client_header_buffers 4 16k;
+
+    client_body_timeout 12s;
+    client_header_timeout 12s;
+    send_timeout 10s;
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_min_length 256;
+    gzip_types
+        text/plain
+        text/css
+        text/xml
+        text/javascript
+        application/json
+        application/javascript
+        application/xml+rss
+        application/atom+xml
+        image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_disable "msie6";
+
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/prod.nginx b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/infra/nginx/prod.nginx
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+# =============================================================================
+# AngelaMos | 2026
+# prod.nginx
+# =============================================================================
+# Production server block: serves built static files
+# Note: SSL handled by Cloudflare, not here
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    server_name _;
+
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index index.html;
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main_timed buffer=32k flush=5s;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+
+    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
+    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
+    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
+    add_header Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" always;
+    add_header Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), microphone=(), camera=()" always;
+
+    location /health {
+        access_log off;
+        return 200 "healthy\n";
+        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+    }
+
+    location /assets/ {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
+        access_log off;
+        try_files $uri =404;
+    }
+
+    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|svg|webp|avif|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|otf)$ {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
+        access_log off;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, must-revalidate";
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+
+    location ~ /\. {
+        deny all;
+        access_log off;
+        log_not_found off;
+    }
+}