diff --git a/backend/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/.editorconfig
rename to .editorconfig
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9451024..ee4128a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
-node_modules/
-dist/
+# OS
 .DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editors
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+*.bak
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.sublime-*
+
+# Node
+node_modules/
+
+# Environment / secrets
+.env
+.env.*
+*.pem
+*.key
+
+# Build output
+dist/
+
+# Logs
 *.log
diff --git a/Dockerfile.backend b/Dockerfile.backend
index d97bbbd..e06a617 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.backend
+++ b/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
+# Lint stage — fast feedback on formatting and lint issues. The
+# golangci/golangci-lint image ships Go, gofmt, make and the linter, so
+# nothing is installed here.
+# golangci/golangci-lint:v2.7.2 (2026-08-09)
+FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:5d6d5c70a61f1356adfd9dd6316ce286799fefc9d743421356ff1b00842368ba AS lint
+
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY backend/go.mod backend/go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+COPY backend/ .
+RUN make fmt-check
+RUN make lint
+
+# Build stage
 # golang:1.25-alpine (2026-02-27)
 FROM golang:1.25-alpine@sha256:f6751d823c26342f9506c03797d2527668d095b0a15f1862cddb4d927a7a4ced AS builder
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache git make gcc musl-dev
+RUN apk add --no-cache make
 
-# golangci-lint v2.7.2 (2026-02-27)
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@9f61b0f53f80672872fced07b6874397c3ed197b
+WORKDIR /src
+
+# Force BuildKit to run the lint stage before proceeding. BuildKit runs
+# stages in parallel by default; without this no-op copy a lint failure
+# would not gate compilation.
+COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
 
-WORKDIR /repo/backend
 COPY backend/go.mod backend/go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
-COPY .git /repo/.git
 COPY backend/ .
 
-RUN make check
-RUN make build
+RUN make test
 
+# The build is driven through the Makefile so there is exactly one
+# definition of the build command; it expands to
+# CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=... -X main.Buildarch=..."
+# VERSION is handed over in the environment rather than as a make
+# variable so it still reaches the build if the target is ever turned
+# into a shim around a script.
+ARG VERSION=dev
+RUN VERSION="${VERSION}" make build
+
+# Runtime stage
 # alpine:3.23 (2026-02-27)
 FROM alpine:3.23@sha256:25109184c71bdad752c8312a8623239686a9a2071e8825f20acb8f2198c3f659
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
-COPY --from=builder /repo/backend/netwatch-server /usr/local/bin/netwatch-server
+COPY --from=builder /src/netwatch-server /usr/local/bin/netwatch-server
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["netwatch-server"]
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 587c805..1da8930 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-10: every interactive control now meets the 44x44 CSS px minimum tap
+  target (`.pin-btn`, `#interval-select`, the debug-log label and, on narrow
+  viewports, `#pause-btn`). The pin button's hit area grows via matching
+  negative margins, so its layout footprint and row density are unchanged
+- 2026-08-10: per-host status line wraps below the 768px breakpoint instead of
+  forcing horizontal page scroll at 320px
+- 2026-08-09: `Dockerfile.backend` reworked to the mandated Go multistage
+  lint-stage pattern: separate `lint` stage on the hash-pinned
+  `golangci/golangci-lint` image, `COPY --from=lint` stage dependency,
+  `CGO_ENABLED=0` static build driven by `ARG VERSION`, and no more `COPY .git`
+- 2026-08-09: dotfile compliance — lifted `backend/.editorconfig` to the repo
+  root so `root = true` covers the frontend too, and replaced `.gitignore` with
+  the org model (OS, editor, node, and environment/secrets sections) plus this
+  repo's `dist/` and `*.log`. `.env`, `.env.*`, `*.pem`, and `*.key` are now
+  ignored repo-wide, not just under `backend/`. Excluding `.git` from
+  `.dockerignore` stays deferred: both images read git metadata at build time
+  (`COPY .git` in `Dockerfile.backend`, `git rev-parse` in `vite.config.js`)
 - 2026-07-07 Adopted scripts-to-rule-them-all: `script/` entrypoints, Makefile
   shims, README Entrypoints section
 - 2026-02-27: backend with buffered zstd-compressed report storage; CI workflow
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 38cebcf..4660353 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
-UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --always --dirty)
+# VERSION is overridable (the Dockerfile passes its ARG VERSION in) and
+# degrades to "dev" when git is unavailable or there is no .git — the
+# build must not depend on the repository history being in the build
+# context.
+VERSION ?= $(shell { git describe --always --dirty; } 2>/dev/null || echo dev)
 BUILDARCH := $(shell uname -m)
 BINARY := netwatch-server
 
+GOLDFLAGS += -s -w
 GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
 GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Buildarch=$(BUILDARCH)
 
-ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
-	GOFLAGS := -ldflags "$(GOLDFLAGS)"
-else
-	GOFLAGS = -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static $(GOLDFLAGS)"
-endif
-
 .PHONY: all build test lint fmt fmt-check check docker hooks run clean
 
 all: build
 
-build: ./$(BINARY)
-
-./$(BINARY): $(shell find . -name '*.go' -type f) go.mod go.sum
-	go build -o $@ $(GOFLAGS) ./cmd/netwatch-server/
+build:
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$(GOLDFLAGS)" \
+		-o ./$(BINARY) ./cmd/netwatch-server/
 
 test:
 	timeout 30 go test ./...
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 3ab6bb8..135d36a 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ class SparklineRenderer {
 
 // --- UI Renderer -------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The per-host status line must stay wrappable: its populated content is
+// wider than the host column at a 320px viewport, and `whitespace-nowrap`
+// here overflows the element and forces the whole document to scroll
+// horizontally.
+const STATUS_TEXT_CLASS = "status-text text-xs text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+
 function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
     const pinColor = host.pinned
         ? "text-blue-500"
@@ -562,7 +568,7 @@ function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
             <span class="text-gray-500">---</span>
           </div>
           <a href="${host.url}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-xs text-gray-500 truncate block col-span-2 -mt-2">${host.url}</a>
-          <div class="status-text text-xs text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5" data-host="${index}">waiting...</div>
+          <div class="${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-gray-500" data-host="${index}">waiting...</div>
         </div>
         <div class="flex-grow sparkline-container rounded overflow-hidden border border-gray-700/30">
           <canvas class="sparkline-canvas w-full" data-host="${index}" height="${CONFIG.canvasHeight}"></canvas>
@@ -671,7 +677,7 @@ function buildUI(state) {
         </p>
         <p class="mt-2"><a href="https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/commit/${__COMMIT_FULL__}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-gray-600 hover:text-gray-400">${__COMMIT_HASH__}</a></p>
         <p class="mt-2">
-          <label class="cursor-pointer">
+          <label class="debug-toggle-label cursor-pointer">
             <input type="checkbox" id="debug-toggle" class="mr-1">
             <span>Debug log</span>
           </label>
@@ -688,6 +694,26 @@ function buildUI(state) {
 
 // --- UI Updaters -------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Renders `min 1ms / med 2ms / avg 3ms / max 4ms`. Each label, value and
+// trailing separator is one unbreakable unit, so wrapping only ever happens
+// between stats and a wrapped line never starts with a separator.
+function statusStatsHTML(stats) {
+    return stats
+        .map(([label, value], i) => {
+            const sep =
+                i < stats.length - 1
+                    ? ` <span class="text-gray-500">/</span>`
+                    : "";
+            return (
+                `<span class="whitespace-nowrap">` +
+                `<span class="text-gray-400">${label} </span>` +
+                `<span class="${latencyClass(value, "online")}">${value}ms</span>` +
+                `${sep}</span>`
+            );
+        })
+        .join(" ");
+}
+
 function updateHostRow(host, index) {
     const latencyEl = document.querySelector(
         `.latency-value[data-host="${index}"]`,
@@ -712,28 +738,22 @@ function updateHostRow(host, index) {
     const min = host.minLatency();
     const max = host.maxLatency();
     if (host.status === "online" && avg !== null) {
-        statusEl.innerHTML =
-            `<span class="text-gray-400">min </span><span class="${latencyClass(min, "online")}">${min}ms</span>` +
-            ` <span class="text-gray-500">/</span> ` +
-            `<span class="text-gray-400">med </span><span class="${latencyClass(med, "online")}">${med}ms</span>` +
-            ` <span class="text-gray-500">/</span> ` +
-            `<span class="text-gray-400">avg </span><span class="${latencyClass(avg, "online")}">${avg}ms</span>` +
-            ` <span class="text-gray-500">/</span> ` +
-            `<span class="text-gray-400">max </span><span class="${latencyClass(max, "online")}">${max}ms</span>`;
-        statusEl.className =
-            "status-text text-xs whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+        statusEl.innerHTML = statusStatsHTML([
+            ["min", min],
+            ["med", med],
+            ["avg", avg],
+            ["max", max],
+        ]);
+        statusEl.className = STATUS_TEXT_CLASS;
     } else if (host.status === "offline") {
         statusEl.textContent = "unreachable";
-        statusEl.className =
-            "status-text text-xs text-red-400 whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+        statusEl.className = `${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-red-400`;
     } else if (host.status === "error") {
         statusEl.textContent = "timeout";
-        statusEl.className =
-            "status-text text-xs text-orange-400 whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+        statusEl.className = `${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-orange-400`;
     } else {
         statusEl.textContent = "connecting...";
-        statusEl.className =
-            "status-text text-xs text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+        statusEl.className = `${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-gray-500`;
     }
 
     SparklineRenderer.draw(canvas, host.history);
@@ -1044,8 +1064,7 @@ function greyOutUI(state) {
         }
         if (statusEl) {
             statusEl.textContent = "paused";
-            statusEl.className =
-                "status-text text-xs text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
+            statusEl.className = `${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-gray-500`;
         }
         // Grey out the status dot
         const row = document.querySelector(`.host-row[data-index="${i}"]`);
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index 600e453..a232397 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -14,6 +14,38 @@ body {
         ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, "SF Mono", Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
 }
 
+/* ---- Minimum tap targets ----------------------------------------------
+   Every interactive control is at least 44x44 CSS px (Apple HIG, WCAG 2.2
+   SC 2.5.5). Not scoped to a breakpoint or to `pointer: coarse`: a large
+   phone in landscape is above the 768px breakpoint and still a touch
+   device. */
+
+/* The button grows to 44x44 while the negative margins keep its layout
+   footprint at the 16x16 of the icon inside it, so row height and the
+   icon's position are unchanged. */
+.pin-btn {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: 2.75rem;
+    height: 2.75rem;
+    margin: -0.875rem;
+}
+
+/* A select paints its own background and border, so it has to actually be
+   44 tall rather than borrow the trick above. */
+#interval-select {
+    min-height: 2.75rem;
+}
+
+/* The tappable target for #debug-toggle is the label wrapping it. */
+.debug-toggle-label {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    min-height: 2.75rem;
+}
+
 .sparkline-container {
     background: linear-gradient(
         to bottom,
@@ -38,9 +70,10 @@ body {
         gap: 0.75rem;
     }
 
-    /* Pause button: smaller on mobile */
+    /* Pause button: smaller on mobile, but not below the tap-target floor */
     #pause-btn {
         padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+        min-height: 2.75rem;
     }
 
     #pause-btn svg {