diff --git a/argocd-apps/my-recipes.yaml b/argocd-apps/my-recipes.yaml
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+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: my-recipes
+  namespace: argocd
+spec:
+  project: my-apps
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://git.dvirlabs.com/dvirlabs/my-apps.git
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: charts/my-recipes-chart
+    helm:
+      valueFiles:
+        - ../../manifests/my-recipes/values.yaml
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: my-apps
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true 
diff --git a/charts/my-recipes-chart/Chart.yaml b/charts/my-recipes-chart/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: recipes-db
+description: PostgreSQL (StatefulSet) for Recipes backend
+type: application
+version: 0.1.0
+appVersion: "16"
diff --git a/charts/my-recipes-chart/templates/service.yaml b/charts/my-recipes-chart/templates/service.yaml
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+++ b/charts/my-recipes-chart/templates/service.yaml
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+service.yamlapiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-headless
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  ports:
+    - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+      targetPort: 5432
diff --git a/charts/my-recipes-chart/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/my-recipes-chart/templates/statefulset.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-db
+spec:
+  serviceName: {{ .Release.Name }}-headless
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: postgres
+          image: {{ .Values.image }}
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5432
+          env:
+            - name: POSTGRES_USER
+              value: {{ .Values.postgres.user | quote }}
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              value: {{ .Values.postgres.password | quote }}
+            - name: POSTGRES_DB
+              value: {{ .Values.postgres.database | quote }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+    - metadata:
+        name: data
+      spec:
+        accessModes:
+          - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }}
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size }}
+        {{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+        storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistence.storageClass | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml b/charts/my-recipes-chart/values.yaml
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+image: postgres:16
+
+postgres:
+  user: recipes_user
+  password: recipes_password   # simple for POC
+  database: recipes_db
+
+service:
+  port: 5432
+
+persistence:
+  enabled: true
+  accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClass: "nfs-client"   # or your default SC
+  size: 8Gi