diff --git a/portfolio_app/app.py b/portfolio_app/app.py
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+"""Dash application factory with Pages routing."""
+
+import dash
+from dash import html
+
+from .config import get_settings
+
+
+def create_app() -> dash.Dash:
+    """Create and configure the Dash application."""
+    settings = get_settings()
+
+    app = dash.Dash(
+        __name__,
+        use_pages=True,
+        suppress_callback_exceptions=True,
+        title="Analytics Portfolio",
+    )
+
+    app.layout = html.Div(
+        [
+            dash.page_container,
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return app
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Run the development server."""
+    settings = get_settings()
+    app = create_app()
+    app.run(debug=settings.dash_debug, host="0.0.0.0", port=8050)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/portfolio_app/config.py b/portfolio_app/config.py
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+"""Application configuration using Pydantic BaseSettings."""
+
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    """Application settings loaded from environment variables."""
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
+        env_file=".env",
+        env_file_encoding="utf-8",
+        extra="ignore",
+    )
+
+    # Database
+    database_url: str = "postgresql://portfolio:portfolio_dev@localhost:5432/portfolio"
+    postgres_user: str = "portfolio"
+    postgres_password: str = "portfolio_dev"
+    postgres_db: str = "portfolio"
+
+    # Application
+    dash_debug: bool = True
+    secret_key: str = "change-me-in-production"
+
+    # Logging
+    log_level: str = "INFO"
+
+
+@lru_cache
+def get_settings() -> Settings:
+    """Get cached settings instance."""
+    return Settings()
diff --git a/portfolio_app/pages/home.py b/portfolio_app/pages/home.py
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+"""Bio landing page."""
+
+import dash
+from dash import html
+
+dash.register_page(__name__, path="/", name="Home")
+
+layout = html.Div(
+    [
+        html.H1("Analytics Portfolio"),
+        html.P("Welcome to Leo's analytics portfolio."),
+        html.P("Dashboard coming soon."),
+    ]
+)