diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
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+kind: pipeline
+name: default
+
+steps:
+- name: docker
+  image: plugins/docker
+  settings:
+    repo: sneak/sircd
+    username:
+      from_secret: docker_username
+    password:
+      from_secret: docker_password
+    auto_tag: true
+    tags:
+      - ${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}
+      - ${DRONE_BRANCH}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM golang:1.13 as builder
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/git.eeqj.de/sneak/sircd
+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/sneak/sircd/sircd /bin/sircd
+
+# put the source in there too for safekeeping
+COPY --from=builder /go/go-src.tgz /usr/local/src/go-src.tgz
+
+CMD /bin/sircd
+
+# FIXME add testing