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+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+    # Logging
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+    # Performance
+    sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+
+    # Gzip compression
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/json application/javascript application/xml+rss application/rss+xml font/truetype font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml;
+
+    server {
+        listen 5173;
+        server_name _;
+
+        # Frontend static files
+        root /app/packages/frontend/dist;
+        index index.html;
+
+        # API proxy to backend
+        location /api/ {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        }
+
+        # Uploads proxy to backend
+        location /uploads/ {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        }
+
+        # Cache static assets (but NOT /uploads/* - those are proxied to backend)
+        location ~* ^/(?!uploads/).*\.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
+            expires 1y;
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
+        }
+
+        # Frontend SPA routing - serve index.html for all non-file requests
+        location / {
+            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        }
+    }
+}
+