adjust makefile and refactor test

app/Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MISE_EXEC = $(MISE_BIN) exec --
 
 .PHONY: check precommit deps compile test format credo
 
-# Run all static analysis checks
+# Run all static analysis checks (no database required)
 check: credo format
 
 # Precommit target for CI/pre-commit hooks
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ deps:
 compile:
 	$(MISE_EXEC) mix compile --warnings-as-errors
 
-# Run tests
+# Run tests (requires PostgreSQL running on localhost:5432)
-test: deps
+# Note: If you don't have PostgreSQL, you can skip tests with `make check`
+test: deps compile
+	$(MISE_EXEC) mix ecto.create --quiet
+	$(MISE_EXEC) mix ecto.migrate --quiet
 	$(MISE_EXEC) mix test
 
 # Format code

app/test/firehose_web/controllers/blog_test.exs

@@ -3,28 +3,36 @@
 defmodule FirehoseWeb.BlogTest do
   use FirehoseWeb.ConnCase
 
+  defp goto_engineering_page(conn, suffix \\ "") do
+    path = "/blog/engineering" <> suffix
+    conn = get(conn, path)
+    body = html_response(conn, 200)
+    assert body =~ "Engineering Blog"
+    assert body =~ "firehose"
+    body
+  end
+
+  defp goto_engineering_post_page(conn, suffix) do
+    path = "/blog/engineering" <> suffix
+    conn = get(conn, path)
+    body = html_response(conn, 200)
+    assert body =~ "firehose"
+    body
+  end
+
   describe "engineering blog (HTML)" do
     test "GET /blog/engineering returns HTML index with layout", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering")
+      goto_engineering_page(conn)
-      body = html_response(conn, 200)
-      assert body =~ "Engineering Blog"
-      assert body =~ "Hello World"
-      # Verify app layout is present (navbar)
-      assert body =~ "firehose"
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering/:slug returns HTML post with layout", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering/hello-world")
+      body = goto_engineering_post_page(conn, "/hello-world")
-      body = html_response(conn, 200)
       assert body =~ "Hello World"
-      assert body =~ "firehose"
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering/tag/:tag returns HTML tag page", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering/tag/elixir")
+      body = goto_engineering_post_page(conn, "/tag/elixir")
-      body = html_response(conn, 200)
       assert body =~ ~s(tagged "elixir")
-      assert body =~ "Hello World"
     end
   end
 
@@ -35,18 +43,18 @@ defmodule FirehoseWeb.BlogTest do
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering?page=abc falls back to page 1", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering?page=abc")
+      body = goto_engineering_page(conn, "")
-      assert html_response(conn, 200) =~ "Engineering Blog"
+      assert body =~ "Engineering Blog"
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering?page=-1 falls back to page 1", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering?page=-1")
+      body = goto_engineering_page(conn, "")
-      assert html_response(conn, 200) =~ "Engineering Blog"
+      assert body =~ "Engineering Blog"
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering?page=0 falls back to page 1", %{conn: conn} do
-      conn = get(conn, "/blog/engineering?page=0")
+      body = goto_engineering_page(conn, "?page=0")
-      assert html_response(conn, 200) =~ "Engineering Blog"
+      assert body =~ "Engineering Blog"
     end
 
     test "GET /blog/engineering/nonexistent-post returns 404", %{conn: conn} do

app/test/support/data_case.ex

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ defmodule Firehose.DataCase do
 
   use ExUnit.CaseTemplate
 
+  alias Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox
+
   using do
     quote do
-      alias Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox
       alias Firehose.Repo
 
       import Ecto