diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
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+name: Build & Publish Backend
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create image name
+        id: image_name
+        run: echo "IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/$(echo "${{ github.repository }}-backend" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" > "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      # create a unique tag for each build for debugging
+      - name: Set Docker tag
+        id: date
+        run: echo "DATE_STAMP=$(date +%s)" > "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker images
+        uses: iloveitaly/github-action-nixpacks@main
+        with:
+          context: './src/backend'
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:sha-${{ env.DATE_STAMP }}
+            ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
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+name: Build & Publish Frontend
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create image name
+        id: image_name
+        run: echo "IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/$(echo "${{ github.repository }}-frontend" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" > "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      # create a unique tag for each build for debugging
+      - name: Set Docker tag
+        id: date
+        run: echo "DATE_STAMP=$(date +%s)" > "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker images
+        uses: iloveitaly/github-action-nixpacks@main
+        with:
+          context: './src/frontend'
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:sha-${{ env.DATE_STAMP }}
+            ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
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diff --git a/src/backend/.cargo/config.toml b/src/backend/.cargo/config.toml
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-[build]
-rustflags = ["-Ctarget-cpu=native"]
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