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-services:
-  postgres:
-    image: "docker.io/library/postgres:17-alpine"
-    environment:
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ReplaceMeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
-      # if there's already a he/him gregory down the hall, then change it to `gregory_it_its`, to make sure you know it's gregory, the program, not gregory the he/him down the hall
-      # ig if there's an it/its gregory already then they just have to change their name to Its Majesty Queen Henry the Eighth
-      # oops sorry it/its gregory down the hall, correction: it just has to changes its name
-      - POSTGRES_USER=gregory
-      - POSTGRES_DB=gregory
-    volumes:
-      - "./data:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
-    ports:
-      - 9001:5432