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+you need postgres!
+- localhost needs to be trusted
+```
+local   all             all                                     trust
+host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
+host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust
+```
+- create a user
+`sudo -u postgres createuser --interactive`
+- database: tasks-mockup
+`createdb tasks-backend`
+- seed database
+`npm run seed`