why the hell does that require a postgres database instance? has no one heard of sqlite?

"It's just `docker compose up` dude." that's not excuse for unnecessary complexity. software for a single person should be a single binary that anyone can run how they choose. If they want to use Docker, great. If they want to run it in a terminal, great. If they want to run it on a server, great. If they want to run it on their phone, great.

developers: avoid limiting people artificially like this. There is no way that Sqlite is insufficient for this.