Documentation & Examples | Write a docs/deployment.md guide for deploying StellarKit API to production

[Sulex45]

Developers who want to self-host StellarKit API have no guidance on production deployment. Write a docs/deployment.md guide covering the recommended deployment options — running directly with Node.js, using a Dockerfile, and deploying to a platform like Railway or Render. Include environment variable configuration for production, recommended NODE_ENV settings, health check endpoint usage for load balancers, and a note on pointing the API at Stellar mainnet versus testnet.

Acceptance Criteria: docs/deployment.md covers at minimum three deployment options with step-by-step instructions. Includes production environment variable recommendations. Covers mainnet vs testnet configuration. Health check endpoint usage is documented. Linked from the README.

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