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+import { Pool } from 'pg';
+
+const pool = new Pool({
+  user: process.env.DB_USER || 'postgres',
+  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+  host: process.env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
+  port: process.env.DB_PORT || 5432,
+  database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'wild_dragon',
+});
+
+pool.on('error', (err) => {
+  console.error('Unexpected error on idle client', err);
+});
+
+export default pool;