Index: backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
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+spring.application.name=medora
+
+# Spring Security - Development credentials
+spring.security.user.name=admin
+spring.security.user.password=admin123
+
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/medora
+spring.datasource.username=postgres
+spring.datasource.password=postgres
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+
+# JPA / Hibernate settings
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+
+# Jackson serialization settings
+spring.jackson.serialization.fail-on-empty-beans=false
+spring.jackson.default-property-inclusion=non_null