build.gradle

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webmvc'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jackson'
-	runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
+	runtimeOnly 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webmvc-test'
     testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jackson-test'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-test'

compose.dev.yaml

@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 name: meals-made-easy-api-dev
 services:
   db:
-    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg18-trixie
+    image: mysql:latest
     ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
+      - '55001:3306'
+      - '55000:33060'
     env_file: .env
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: meals_made_easy_api
-      POSTGRES_USER: meals-made-easy-api-user
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: meals_made_easy_api
+      MYSQL_USER: meals-made-easy-api-user
     healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRES_DB
+      test: mysqladmin ping -u $$MYSQL_USER --password=$$MYSQL_PASSWORD
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 10
-      start_period: 10s
     volumes:
-      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql
+      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
   minio:
     image: minio/minio:latest
     ports:
-      - "9000:9000"
-      - "9001:9001"
+      - 9000:9000
+      - 9001:9001
     env_file:
       - .env
     environment:
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ services:
       - /data
       - --console-address
       - :9001
+    profiles:
+      - deps
 volumes:
-  postgres-data:
+  mysql-data:
   minio-data:

src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 spring.application.name=meals-made-easy-api
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://${POSTGRES_HOST:localhost}:${POSTGRES_PORT:5432}/${POSTGRES_DB:meals_made_easy_api}
-spring.datasource.username=${POSTGRES_USER:meals-made-easy-api-user}
-spring.datasource.password=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-
-# Source - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3164072/large-objects-may-not-be-used-in-auto-commit-mode
-# Posted by Iogui, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history
-# Retrieved 2025-12-25, License - CC BY-SA 4.0
-spring.datasource.hikari.auto-commit=false
-
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${MYSQL_HOST:localhost}:${MYSQL_PORT:3306}/${MYSQL_DATABASE:meals_made_easy_api}
+spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USERNAME:meals-made-easy-api-user}
+spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 app.mealsmadeeasy.api.baseUrl=http://localhost:8080
 app.mealsmadeeasy.api.security.access-token-lifetime=60
 app.mealsmadeeasy.api.security.refresh-token-lifetime=3600