diff --git a/golang/README.md b/golang/README.md
index dc455ed..e84cf26 100644
--- a/golang/README.md
+++ b/golang/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ This starter application consists of two parts:
 
 ## Quick start
 
+Install [`Air`](https://github.com/air-verse/air#installation) to allow live
+reloading your long-running applications. This is installed automatically
+if you use have followed [the instructions to configure your development environment](../README.md#your-development-environment).
+
 ### Workflow
 
 ```shell
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ air
 ```
 
 The workflow is a long-running application. For rapid development, the recommendation
-is to use [air](https://github.com/air-verse/air).
+is to use [Air](https://github.com/air-verse/air).
 
 You can also run this with `go run ./worker` and restarting after every code change.
 
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index f8f2064..886a08a 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .venv
 __pycache__
 .ruff_cache
+*.egg
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/python/Dockerfile b/python/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6997a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM python:3.12 AS builder
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 python
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+USER python
+WORKDIR /home/python/app
+COPY --chown=python:python . .
+CMD [ "uv", "run", "poe", "dev" ]
diff --git a/python/compose.yaml b/python/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8909edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+include:
+  - ../compose.yaml
+
+services:
+  starter:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: builder
+    environment:
+      TEMPORAL_ADDRESS: temporal:7233
+    volumes:
+      - .:/home/python/app
+    links:
+      - temporal
+    depends_on:
+      worker:
+        condition: service_started
+      temporal:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    entrypoint: uv
+    command: run src/starter.py
+
+  worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: builder
+    environment:
+      TEMPORAL_ADDRESS: temporal:7233
+    volumes:
+      - .:/home/python/app
+    links:
+      - temporal
+    depends_on:
+      temporal:
+        condition: service_healthy
diff --git a/typescript/README.md b/typescript/README.md
index 4a3226c..0cbdd7f 100644
--- a/typescript/README.md
+++ b/typescript/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ This starter application consists of two parts:
 
 ## Quick start
 
+Install dependencies using `npm`:
+
+```sh
+cd typescript
+npm ci
+```
+
 ### Workflow
 
 ```shell