diff --git a/devsupport/.gitignore b/devsupport/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d44a8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsupport/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+db/
+db_sockets/
+!db_sockets/.gitkeep
diff --git a/devsupport/db_sockets/.gitkeep b/devsupport/db_sockets/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/devsupport/run_postgres.sh b/devsupport/run_postgres.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..75a0ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsupport/run_postgres.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+devsupport=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+if [ ! -d "$PGDATA" ]; then
+  initdb --no-instructions
+fi
+exec postgres -c listen_addresses= -c unix_socket_directories="${devsupport}/db_sockets"
diff --git a/devsupport/setup_postgres.sh b/devsupport/setup_postgres.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a9a5ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devsupport/setup_postgres.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+sqlx database create
+sqlx migrate run
diff --git a/envrc.example b/envrc.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ab056f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envrc.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export db_socket_path=$(echo $(pwd)/devsupport/db_sockets)
+export PGDATA="$(pwd)/devsupport/db"
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres:///sqlxmq?host=$db_socket_path&sslmode=disable"
+# export SQLX_OFFLINE=yes
+
+session_name sqlxmq
+use lorri
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3d0f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1717179513,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vboIEwIQojofItm2xGCdZCzW96U85l9nDW3ifMuAIdM=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "63dacb46bf939521bdc93981b4cbb7ecb58427a0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "24.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69dc398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  description = "sqlxmq is a message queue built by Diggsey on rust sqlx";
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/24.05";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+  flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+  let
+    pkgs = (import "${nixpkgs}" {
+      inherit system;
+    });
+
+    runDeps = with pkgs; [
+      openssl
+    ];
+
+    buildDeps = with pkgs; [
+      pkg-config
+    ] ++ runDeps;
+  in rec {
+    devShells.devShell.${system} = pkgs.mkShell {
+      buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+        cargo
+        cargo-expand
+        rustc
+        rust-analyzer
+        clippy
+
+        postgresql
+        sqlx-cli
+      ] ++ buildDeps;
+    };
+    devShells.default = devShells.devShell.${system};
+  });
+}