diff --git a/docker/dev/Dockerfile b/docker/dev/Dockerfile
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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Use apt cache mount to speed up system package installation across builds
+RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean; echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep-cache
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    curl \
+    libgl1 \
+    libglib2.0-0 \
+    libxcb1
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Use pip cache mount so it remembers downloaded wheels
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
diff --git a/docker/dev/compose.yml b/docker/dev/compose.yml
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+services:
+  ollama:
+    image: ollama/ollama:latest
+    container_name: fireform-ollama
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:11434:11434"
+    volumes:
+      - ollama_data:/root/.ollama
+    networks:
+      - fireform-network
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "ollama list || exit 1"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+
+  whisper:
+    image: onerahmet/openai-whisper-asr-webservice:latest
+    container_name: fireform-whisper
+    environment:
+      - ASR_ENGINE=faster_whisper
+      - ASR_MODEL=${WHISPER_MODEL:-small.en}
+      - ASR_MODEL_PATH=/data/whisper
+    volumes:
+      - whisper_models:/data/whisper
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:9000:9000"
+    networks:
+      - fireform-network
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "python3 -c \"import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:9000/docs')\" || exit 1"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
+
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: docker/dev/Dockerfile
+    container_name: fireform-app
+    depends_on:
+      ollama:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      whisper:
+        condition: service_started
+    command: ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/app
+      - fireform_db:/data/db
+      - fireform_uploads:/data/uploads
+    ports:
+      - "${APP_PORT:-8000}:8000"
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+      - CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=
+      - PYTHONPATH=/app
+      - OLLAMA_HOST=${OLLAMA_HOST:-http://ollama:11434}
+      - OLLAMA_TIMEOUT=${OLLAMA_TIMEOUT:-300}
+      - OLLAMA_MODEL=${OLLAMA_MODEL:-qwen2.5:1.5b}
+      - WHISPER_HOST=${WHISPER_HOST:-http://whisper:9000}
+      - FIREFORM_DB_PATH=/data/db/fireform.db
+      - FIREFORM_DATA_DIR=/data/uploads
+      - FIREFORM_TEMPLATE_DIR=/data/uploads
+      - FIREFORM_DB_ECHO=${FIREFORM_DB_ECHO:-true}
+      - FRONTEND_ORIGINS=${FRONTEND_ORIGINS:-http://localhost:5173,http://127.0.0.1:5173}
+    networks:
+      - fireform-network
+
+volumes:
+  ollama_data:
+    driver: local
+  whisper_models:
+    driver: local
+  fireform_db:
+    driver: local
+  fireform_uploads:
+    driver: local
+
+networks:
+  fireform-network:
+    driver: bridge