diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf639e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+POSTGRES_DB=devdb
+POSTGRES_TEST_DB=testdb
+POSTGRES_HOST=db
+POSTGRES_USER=user
+
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec2ea30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length=120
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..6570d0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
+#.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/.secrets b/.secrets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d06b563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.secrets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+POSTGRES_PASS=secret
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23087f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Pull base image
+FROM python:3.9-buster as builder
+
+# Set environment variables
+WORKDIR /pipfiles
+COPY Pipfile Pipfile
+COPY Pipfile.lock Pipfile.lock
+
+# Install pipenv
+RUN set -ex && pip install pipenv --upgrade
+
+# Upgrde pip, setuptools and wheel
+RUN set -ex && pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN set -ex && pipenv install --system --sequential --ignore-pipfile --dev
+
+FROM builder as final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY ./the_app/ /app/
+COPY ./tests/ /app/
+COPY .env /app/
+COPY .secrets /app/
+
+RUN set -ex && bash -c "eval $(grep 'PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE' .env)"
+RUN set -ex && bash -c "eval $(grep 'PYTHONUNBUFFERED' .env)"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c5b5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Show this help
+	@egrep -h '\s##\s' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+.PHONY: build
+build:	## Build project with compose
+	docker-compose build
+
+.PHONY: up
+up:	## Run project with compose
+	docker-compose up
+
+.PHONY: down
+down: ## Reset project containers with compose
+	docker-compose down
+
+.PHONY: lock
+lock:	## Refresh pipfile.lock
+	pipenv lock --pre
+
+.PHONY: requirements
+requirements:	## Refresh requirements.txt from pipfile.lock
+	pipenv lock -r > requirements.txt
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:	## Run project tests
+	docker-compose run --rm web pytest
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint:  ## Linter project code.
+	isort .
+	black --fast --line-length=120 .
+	mypy --ignore-missing-imports the_app
+	flake8 --config .flake8 .
diff --git a/db/Dockerfile b/db/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d3c800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# pull official base image
+FROM postgres:13-alpine
+
+# run create.sql on init
+ADD create.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/db/create.sql b/db/create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1376f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS devdb;
+CREATE DATABASE devdb;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS devdb;
+CREATE DATABASE devdb;
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..654f7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    build: .
+    env_file:
+      - .secrets
+      - .env
+    command: bash -c "
+      uvicorn the_app.main:app
+      --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080
+      --lifespan=on --use-colors --loop uvloop --http httptools
+      --reload --reload-dir /app
+      "
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    build:
+      context: ./db
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    env_file:
+      - .secrets
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASS}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/the_app/__init__.py b/the_app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/the_app/api/__init__.py b/the_app/api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/the_app/api/stuff.py b/the_app/api/stuff.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05df710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/api/stuff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from the_app.database import get_db
+from the_app.models.stuff import Stuff
+from the_app.schemas.stuff import StuffResponse, StuffSchema
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.post("/", response_model=StuffResponse)
+async def create_stuff(stuff: StuffSchema, db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
+    stuff_id = await Stuff.create(db_session, stuff)
+    return {**stuff.dict(), "id": stuff_id}
+
+
+@router.delete("/")
+async def delete_stuff(stuff_id: UUID, db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
+    return await Stuff.delete(db_session, stuff_id)
+
+
+@router.get("/")
+async def find_stuff(
+    name: str,
+    db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    return await Stuff.find(db_session, name)
+
+
+@router.patch("/")
+async def update_config(
+    stuff: StuffSchema,
+    name: str,
+    db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    instance_of_the_stuff = await Stuff.find(db_session, name)
+    return instance_of_the_stuff.update(db_session, stuff)
diff --git a/the_app/config.py b/the_app/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9d342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import logging
+import os
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+from pydantic import BaseSettings
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    """
+
+    BaseSettings, from Pydantic, validates the data so that when we create an instance of Settings,
+     environment and testing will have types of str and bool, respectively.
+
+    Parameters:
+    pg_user (str):
+    pg_pass (str):
+    pg_database: (str):
+    pg_test_database: (str):
+    asyncpg_url: AnyUrl:
+    asyncpg_test_url: AnyUrl:
+
+    Returns:
+    instance of Settings
+
+    """
+
+    pg_user: str = os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER", "")
+    pg_pass: str = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASS", "")
+    pg_host: str = os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST", "")
+    pg_database: str = os.getenv("POSTGRES_DB", "")
+    pg_test_database: str = os.getenv("POSTGRES_TEST_DB", "")
+    asyncpg_url: str = f"postgresql+asyncpg://{pg_user}:{pg_pass}@{pg_host}:5432/{pg_database}"
+    asyncpg_test_url: str = f"postgresql+asyncpg://{pg_user}:{pg_pass}@{pg_host}:5432/{pg_test_database}"
+
+
+@lru_cache()
+def get_settings():
+    log.info("Loading config settings from the environment...")
+    return Settings()
diff --git a/the_app/database.py b/the_app/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba88a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+from the_app import config
+
+global_settings = config.get_settings()
+url = global_settings.asyncpg_url
+
+engine = create_async_engine(
+    url,
+    echo=True,
+)
+
+# expire_on_commit=False will prevent attributes from being expired
+# after commit.
+async_session = sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False, class_=AsyncSession)
+
+
+# Dependency
+async def get_db():
+    session = async_session()
+    try:
+        yield session
+        await session.commit()
+    except SQLAlchemyError as ex:
+        await session.rollback()
+        raise ex
+    finally:
+        await session.close()
diff --git a/the_app/main.py b/the_app/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c19f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from the_app.api.stuff import router as stuff_router
+from the_app.database import engine
+from the_app.models.base import Base
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Stuff And Nonsense", version="0.1")
+
+app.include_router(stuff_router, prefix="/v1")
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_event():
+    log.info("Starting up...")
+    async with engine.begin() as conn:
+        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+
+
+@app.on_event("shutdown")
+async def shutdown_event():
+    log.info("Shutting down...")
diff --git a/the_app/models/__init__.py b/the_app/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/the_app/models/base.py b/the_app/models/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf4d2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/models/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import as_declarative, declared_attr
+
+
+@as_declarative()
+class Base:
+    id: Any
+    __name__: str
+    # Generate __tablename__ automatically
+    @declared_attr
+    def __tablename__(cls) -> str:
+        return cls.__name__.lower()
+
+    async def save(self, db_session: AsyncSession):
+        try:
+            db_session.add(self)
+            return await db_session.commit()
+        except SQLAlchemyError as ex:
+            print(f"Have to rollback, save failed: {ex}")
+            raise
diff --git a/the_app/models/stuff.py b/the_app/models/stuff.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73171eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/models/stuff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import uuid
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, delete, select
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from the_app.models.base import Base
+from the_app.schemas.stuff import StuffSchema
+
+
+class Stuff(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "stuff"
+    id = Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), unique=True, default=uuid.uuid4, autoincrement=True)
+    name = Column(String, nullable=False, primary_key=True, unique=True)
+    description = Column(String, nullable=False, unique=True)
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str, description: str):
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def create(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, schema: StuffSchema):
+        stuff = Stuff(
+            name=schema.name,
+            description=schema.description,
+        )
+        await stuff.save(db_session)
+        return stuff.id
+
+    async def update(self, db_session: AsyncSession, schema: StuffSchema):
+        self.name = schema.name
+        self.description = schema.description
+        return await self.save(db_session)
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def find(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, name: str):
+        stmt = select(cls).where(cls.name == name)
+        result = await db_session.execute(stmt)
+        return result.scalars().first()
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def delete(cls, db_session: AsyncSession, stuff_id: UUID):
+        stmt = delete(cls).where(cls.id == stuff_id)
+        await db_session.execute(stmt)
+        await db_session.commit()
+        return True
diff --git a/the_app/schemas/__init__.py b/the_app/schemas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/the_app/schemas/stuff.py b/the_app/schemas/stuff.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793a0ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/the_app/schemas/stuff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class StuffSchema(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(
+        title="",
+        description="",
+    )
+    description: str = Field(
+        title="",
+        description="",
+    )
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
+        schema_extra = {
+            "example": {
+                "name": "Name for Some Stuff",
+                "description": "Some Stuff Description",
+            }
+        }
+
+
+class StuffResponse(BaseModel):
+    id: UUID = Field(
+        title="Id",
+        description="",
+    )
+    name: str = Field(
+        title="",
+        description="",
+    )
+    description: str = Field(
+        title="",
+        description="",
+    )
+
+    class Config:
+        schema_extra = {
+            "example": {
+                "config_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
+                "name": "Name for Some Stuff",
+                "description": "Some Stuff Description",
+            }
+        }