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+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-postgres}
+      POSTGRES_DB: circle_dev
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  db_data: