diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_apps.d b/build_apps.d
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_apps.d
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
+/** 
+ * A simple build script that builds all Gymboard applications and collects
+ * build artifacts for deployment. You can run it with `./build_apps.d`, and it
+ * will build each application for production deployment using a separate
+ * thread.
+ *
+ * Supply the "clean" command to remove all build artifacts instead of building.
+ */
+module build_apps;
+
+import std.stdio;
+import std.process;
+import std.file;
+import std.path;
+import std.regex;
+import core.thread;
+
+enum BUILDS_DIR = "build";
+
+int main(string[] args) {
+    if (args.length > 1 && args[1] == "clean") {
+        rmdirRecurse(BUILDS_DIR);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    Thread[] buildThreads = [
+        runBuildInThread(API_BUILD_SPEC),
+        runBuildInThread(CDN_BUILD_SPEC),
+        runBuildInThread(SEARCH_BUILD_SPEC),
+        runBuildInThread(APP_BUILD_SPEC),
+        runBuildInThread(UPLOADS_BUILD_SPEC)
+    ];
+    
+    foreach (t; buildThreads) t.join();
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/** 
+ * Specification for building an application.
+ */
+struct BuildSpec {
+    string name;
+    string workingDir;
+    string buildCommand;
+    typeof(ctRegex!(`\d`)) artifactRegex;
+}
+
+static immutable API_BUILD_SPEC = BuildSpec(
+    "api",
+    "gymboard-api",
+    "./mvnw clean package spring-boot:repackage",
+    ctRegex!(`target/gymboard-api-.*\.jar$`)
+);
+
+static immutable CDN_BUILD_SPEC = BuildSpec(
+    "cdn",
+    "gymboard-cdn",
+    "./mvnw clean package spring-boot:repackage",
+    ctRegex!(`target/gymboard-cdn-.*\.jar$`)
+);
+
+static immutable SEARCH_BUILD_SPEC = BuildSpec(
+    "search",
+    "gymboard-search",
+    "./mvnw clean package spring-boot:repackage -DskipTests=true",
+    ctRegex!(`target/gymboard-search-.*\.jar$`)
+);
+
+static immutable APP_BUILD_SPEC = BuildSpec(
+    "app",
+    "gymboard-app",
+    "quasar build",
+    ctRegex!(`gymboard-app/dist$`)
+);
+
+static immutable UPLOADS_BUILD_SPEC = BuildSpec(
+    "uploads",
+    "gymboard-uploads",
+    "dub build --build=release",
+    ctRegex!(`gymboard-uploads/gymboard-uploads$`)
+);
+
+/** 
+ * Runs a build and returns its exit code.
+ * Params:
+ *   spec = The build spec to run.
+ * Returns: The exit code of the build. 0 indicates success.
+ */
+int runBuild(const BuildSpec spec) {
+    string buildDir = buildPath(BUILDS_DIR, spec.name);
+    if (exists(buildDir)) rmdirRecurse(buildDir);
+    mkdirRecurse(buildDir);
+    File buildLogFile = File(buildPath(buildDir, "build.log"), "w");
+    File buildErrorLogFile = File(buildPath(buildDir, "build-error.log"), "w");
+    Pid pid = spawnShell(
+        spec.buildCommand,
+        std.stdio.stdin,
+        buildLogFile,
+        buildErrorLogFile,
+        null,
+        Config.none,
+        spec.workingDir,
+        nativeShell()
+    );
+    int result = wait(pid);
+    if (result != 0) return result;
+
+    // Find and extract artifacts.
+    bool artifactFound = false;
+    foreach (DirEntry entry; dirEntries(spec.workingDir, SpanMode.breadth, false)) {
+        Captures!string c = matchFirst(entry.name, spec.artifactRegex);
+        if (!c.empty) {
+            artifactFound = true;
+            string destFilename = buildPath(buildDir, baseName(entry.name));
+            writefln!"Copying artifact %s to %s"(entry.name, destFilename);
+            if (entry.isFile) {
+                writefln!"  Filesize: %d"(entry.size);
+                copy(entry.name, destFilename);
+            } else if (entry.isDir) {
+                Pid cpPid = spawnShell("cp -R " ~ entry.name ~ " " ~ destFilename);
+                int cpResult = wait(cpPid);
+                if (cpResult != 0) {
+                    writefln!"Failed to copy directory: %d"(cpResult);
+                    return cpResult;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (!artifactFound) {
+        writefln!"Warning: Build %s completed successfully, but no matching artifacts were found."(spec.name);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/** 
+ * Wraps building of a build spec in a thread.
+ * Params:
+ *   spec = The spec to build.
+ * Returns: The thread running the build, which is already started.
+ */
+Thread runBuildInThread(const BuildSpec spec) {
+    Thread t = new Thread(() {
+        writefln!"Building \"%s\" in %s"(spec.name, spec.workingDir);
+        int result = runBuild(spec);
+        writefln!"Build \"%s\" exited with code %d."(spec.name, result);
+    });
+    t.start();
+    return t;
+}
diff --git a/gymboard-uploads/README.md b/gymboard-uploads/README.md
index 18a9670..d84dada 100644
--- a/gymboard-uploads/README.md
+++ b/gymboard-uploads/README.md
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ Therefore, **gymboard-uploads** is responsible for the following actions:
 - Processing of raw videos to reduce file size and optimize for web. This will most likely be done using FFMPEG in the backend.
 - Reporting the status of video processing for recently uploaded videos.
 - Serving processed video files.
+
+**THIS PROJECT IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS** Do not use it for production.