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+name: build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-binaries:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Setup .NET Core SDK
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: 8.x.x
+        
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          dotnet publish ./src/qest/ -o ./pub --runtime linux-x64 -c Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true
+          dotnet publish ./src/qest/ -o ./pub --runtime win-x64 -c Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true
+
+  build-docker-standalone:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        name: Check out code
+      
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: standalone.dockerfile
+          pull: true
+          push: false
+          tags: tandalone, standalone-latest, standalone-${{ github.ref_name }}
+