diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+SHELL := bash
+.ONESHELL:
+.SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := start
+MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
+
+ifeq ($(origin .RECIPEPREFIX), undefined)
+  $(error This Make does not support .RECIPEPREFIX. Please use GNU Make 4.0 or later)
+endif
+.RECIPEPREFIX = >
+
+PROJECT:=ml-containers
+IMAGES:=torch torch-extras
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## displays this help screen.
+> @grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) \
+		| sort | awk '\
+		BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; \
+		{printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2};\
+		'
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint: lint-dockerfile
+
+.PHONY: lint-dockerfile
+lint-dockerfile:
+> @echo "Checking Dockerfile syntax..."
+> @for image in ${IMAGES}; do \
+> 	docker run --rm hadolint/hadolint hadolint - < $$image/Dockerfile; \
+> done
+
+.PHONY: buildx-create
+buildx-create: ## create buildx builder zstd-builder
+>- @docker buildx create \
+> 	--name zstd-builder \
+>		--driver docker-container \
+>		--driver-opt image=moby/buildkit:v0.12.2 2>/dev/null || true
+
+.PHONY: buildx-use ## use buildx builder zstd-builder
+buildx-use:
+>- @docker buildx use zstd-builder
+
+.PHONY: buildx-rm ## remove buildx builder zstd-builder
+buildx-rm:
+> @docker buildx rm zstd-builder
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: buildx-create buildx-use ## build all images
+> @for image in ${IMAGES}; do \
+> 	pushd $$image
+> 	docker buildx build \
+> 		--file Dockerfile \
+> 	  --output "type=image,name=$$image:zstd-latest,compression=zstd,compression-level=3,force-compression=true,push=true" \
+> 		.
+>		popd;
+>	done