its kind of working now

docker-compose.yml

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+services:
+  dev:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: dynamodb-zig-dev
+    volumes:
+      - .:/workspace
+      - zig-cache:/root/.cache/zig
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"   # DynamoDB API port
+      - "8080:8080"   # Admin/metrics port (optional)
+    working_dir: /workspace
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    command: /bin/bash
+
+  # Optional: Run the actual server
+  server:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: dynamodb-zig-server
+    volumes:
+      - .:/workspace
+      - zig-cache:/root/.cache/zig
+      - db-data:/workspace/data
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    working_dir: /workspace
+    command: zig build run
+
+  # Optional: DynamoDB Local for compatibility testing
+  dynamodb-local:
+    image: amazon/dynamodb-local:latest
+    container_name: dynamodb-local
+    ports:
+      - "8001:8000"
+    command: "-jar DynamoDBLocal.jar -sharedDb -inMemory"
+
+  # DynamoDB Admin GUI
+  dynamodb-admin:
+    image: aaronshaf/dynamodb-admin:latest
+    container_name: dynamodb-admin
+    ports:
+      - "8002:8001"   # Admin GUI will be available at localhost:8002
+    environment:
+      - DYNAMO_ENDPOINT=http://server:8000  # Points to your Zig server
+      # Alternative: Use http://dynamodb-local:8000 to connect to AWS's DynamoDB Local
+      - AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=local
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=local
+    depends_on:
+      - server
+
+volumes:
+  zig-cache:
+  db-data: