Getting local postgres setup

.gitignore

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 # Postgres
 .pg_data
 
+# Profiles
+.local-profile
+

.local-profile.template

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+export POSTGRES_USER=myuser
+export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mypassword
+export POSTGRES_DB=mydatabase
+export PG_URI=postgresql://${POSTGRES_USER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@localhost:5433/mydatabase
+

README.md

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 Experimenting with River Async task system for background jobs in golang.
 
+## Starting Local Dev
+
+This project requires a running postgres database for River's task system.
+
+To start a postgres database use:
+```
+make start-local
+```
+
+To stop it use:
+```
+make stop-local
+```
+
+A simple `.local-profile.template` is available with environment variables that can be helpful when working in this project. 
+
+```
+cp .local-profile.template .local-profile
+```
+
+Update the profile with any additional envvars you will need then:
+
+```
+source .local-profile
+```
+
+You can now connect to the local database using `psql $PG_URI`
+
+If you do not have `psql` installed:
+
+```
+brew install libpq
+```
+
 ## Resources
 
 - [Go Background Jobs with River Queue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9fwhvzoMM&t=362s)
 
+
+