diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
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+kind: pipeline
+name: default
+
+pipeline:
+  build:
+     image: plugins/docker
+     commands:
+     - >
+         docker build .
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM golang:1.13 as builder
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/git.eeqj.de/datavibe/api
+COPY . .
+
+#RUN make lint && make build
+RUN make build
+
+WORKDIR /go
+RUN tar cvfz go-src.tgz src && du -sh *
+
+# this container doesn't do anything except hold the build artifact
+# and make sure it compiles.
+
+FROM alpine
+
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/git.eeqj.de/datavibe/api/api /bin/api
+
+# put the source in there too for safekeeping
+COPY --from=builder /go/go-src.tgz /usr/local/src/go-src.tgz
+
+CMD /bin/api
+
+# FIXME add testing