From f32c6d55f06c75fd531997e93c0a36922e776cc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KS Jannette <kjannette@KSs-MacBook-Air.local>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 18:16:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Configure posgres DB

---
 .env.example       |  2 +-
 README.md          | 29 +++++------------------------
 docker-compose.yml | 14 --------------
 package.json       |  2 --
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 docker-compose.yml

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index cbd3a70..135388e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgres://app:app@localhost:5432/app
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost:5432/generic_typescript_server
 PORT=3000
 DEBUG=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc67488..2e23670 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,30 +7,11 @@ Express + TypeScript REST API with PostgreSQL.
 ```bash
 cp .env.example .env
 npm install
-```
-
-## Database
-
-Start Postgres:
-
-```bash
-npm run db:up
-```
-
-Run migrations:
-
-```bash
+createdb generic_typescript_server   # one-time, uses your local Postgres user
 npm run db:migrate
-```
-
-Stop Postgres:
-
-```bash
-npm run db:down
-```
-
-## Dev server
-
-```bash
 npm run dev
 ```
+
+Requires a local Postgres install (e.g. `brew install postgresql@16 && brew services start postgresql@16`).
+
+Update `DATABASE_URL` in `.env` if your user, host, or database name differs.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7c8434..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres:16
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: app
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: app
-      POSTGRES_DB: app
-    volumes:
-      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-
-volumes:
-  pgdata:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 258d110..cb6025d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",
-    "db:up": "docker compose up -d",
-    "db:down": "docker compose down",
     "db:migrate": "tsx scripts/migrate.ts"
   },
   "keywords": [],