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What happened?

Impact: Deployment flexibility, port conflicts, configuration management

Problem:
Ports and URLs are hardcoded throughout the codebase, making it impossible to:

• Run multiple instances on the same machine
• Deploy to cloud platforms with dynamic ports
• Easily switch between dev/staging/production environments

Locations:

• main.py:147 - Backend port 52123
• main.py:51 - Microservice port 52124
• settings.py:5 - Microservice URL

Recommended Fix:
Create a config.py with environment variables:

import os

class Config:
    BACKEND_PORT = int(os.getenv('BACKEND_PORT', '52123'))
    MICROSERVICE_PORT = int(os.getenv('MICROSERVICE_PORT', '52124'))
    MICROSERVICE_URL = os.getenv('MICROSERVICE_URL', f'http://localhost:{MICROSERVICE_PORT}')
    BACKEND_HOST = os.getenv('BACKEND_HOST', 'localhost')

Benefits:

• Deploy anywhere without code changes
• No port conflicts
• Easy environment switching (dev/prod)
• Standard Python best practice

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