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+DEBUG=1
+SECRET_KEY=foo
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1] localhost:3000 localhost:8000 0.0.0.0
+SQL_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
+SQL_DATABASE=balancer_dev
+SQL_USER=balancer
+SQL_PASSWORD=balancer
+SQL_HOST=db
+SQL_PORT=5432
+DATABASE=postgres
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL=
+OPENAI_API_KEY= 
+PINECONE_API_KEY=
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