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+ create a bookdb_web_dev container
+ use ~/src/pybook/ as the /code area
+ somehow make it run either gunicorn - 1 thread?  or mara -> expose port 5000
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+ look into pug series -> feels like there is an overarching series/sequence that would make books on shelf work better
+ - use this: https://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/reading-order/chronological