feat: Initial project setup with CI/CD, Docker, and issue creation script

- Added Codecov configuration to enforce 75% coverage.
- Created .dockerignore to exclude unnecessary files from Docker context.
- Implemented GitHub Actions CI workflow for linting, testing, and coverage reporting.
- Added a workflow to propagate changes between main and development branches.
- Configured pre-commit hooks for code quality checks.
- Developed a multi-stage Dockerfile for a Python web backend.
- Added MIT License to the project.
- Created README.md with project overview and setup instructions.
- Implemented a script to create GitHub issues from project planning.
- Defined development and runtime requirements in requirements.txt and requirements.dev.txt.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: CI - Lint, Test & Coverage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, development, 'feature/**' ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, development ]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint (ruff & flake8)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements*.txt') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+      - name: Install dev dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.dev.txt
+      - name: Run ruff
+        run: |
+          ruff check .
+      - name: Run flake8
+        run: |
+          flake8 . || true
+
+  test-and-coverage:
+    name: Tests & Coverage
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [lint]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements*.txt') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt || true
+          pip install -r requirements.dev.txt
+      - name: Run tests with coverage
+        run: |
+          # run pytest under coverage and fail if tests fail
+          coverage run -m pytest -q
+          coverage report -m --fail-under=75
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Optional: set CODECOV_TOKEN in repo secrets if needed for private repos