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-# Gerald - Feedback Application Server
+# Gerald 🚀
 
-Gerald is an open-source Golang server designed to provide support for mobile apps by allowing users to submit feedback and upvote existing feedback. This server follows a clean architecture approach and utilizes the go-swagger library for API documentation and code generation.
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+[![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-%230db7ed.svg?style=flat&logo=docker&logoColor=white)](https://www.docker.com/)
+[![Made with Love](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-❤-red.svg)](https://shields.io/)
 
-## Features
+Gerald is an awesome project that [brief description of what your project does].
 
-- Create feedback
+## 🌟 Features
-- Get all feedback
-- Upvote feedback
-- Get feedback for a specific project
 
-## Getting Started
+- Feature 1
+- Feature 2
+- Feature 3
+- [Add more features]
+
+## 🚀 Quick Start with Docker Compose
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-- Go 1.22 or later
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
-- PostgreSQL database
+- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
 
 ### Installation
 
 1. Clone the repository:
-bash
+```bash
-git clone https://github.com/your-username/gerald.git
+git clone repositorie
-
-2. Navigate to the project directory:
-bash
 cd gerald
+```
 
+2. Create a `.env` file in the project root:
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+```
 
-3. Install dependencies:
+3. Configure your environment variables in `.env`:
-bash
+```env
-go mod download
+# Example configuration
+POSTGRES_USER=gerald
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=yourpassword
+POSTGRES_DB=geralddb
+```
 
+4. Start the application:
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
+```
 
-4. Set up the PostgreSQL database and update the connection string in the configuration file.
+That's it! 🎉 The application should now be running at `http://localhost:3000`
 
-5. Run database migrations:
+### Docker Compose Configuration
-bash
-make migrate
 
+```yaml
+# docker-compose.yml
+version: '3.8'
 
-6. Start the server:
+services:
-bash
+  app:
-make run
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+    depends_on:
+      - db
 
+  db:
+    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
 
-The server will be running at `http://localhost:8080`.
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+```
 
-### API Documentation
+## 🛠️ Development Setup
 
-The API documentation is generated using go-swagger and can be accessed at `http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/`.
+For development, you can use the following command:
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up
+```
 
-### Configuration
+## 📝 Additional Commands
 
-The server configuration can be found in the `config.go` file. You can modify the settings according to your needs.
+```bash
+# Stop all containers
+docker-compose down
 
-### Testing
+# View logs
+docker-compose logs -f
 
-Run the tests with the following command:
+# Rebuild containers
-bash
+docker-compose up -d --build
-make test
 
+# Remove volumes
+docker-compose down -v
+```
 
-### Linting
+## 🔍 Troubleshooting
 
-Run the linter with the following command:
+### Common Issues
-bash
-make lint
 
+1. **Port conflicts**
+   ```bash
+   # Change the port mapping in docker-compose.yml
+   ports:
+     - "3001:3000"  # Maps port 3000 from container to port 3001 on host
+   ```
 
-## Contributing
+2. **Database connection issues**
+   - Ensure your `.env` file has the correct database credentials
+   - Check if the database container is running: `docker-compose ps`
 
-Contributions are welcome! Please follow the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) when submitting pull requests.
+## 🤝 Contributing
 
-## License
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
+5. Open a Pull Request
 
-This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
+## 📜 License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
+
+## 🙏 Acknowledgments
+
+- Hat tip to anyone whose code was used
+- Inspiration
+- etc
+
+---
+
+Made with ❤️ by [Oct App]