--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/love/poppy/utils/database.py	Mon Dec 01 20:35:56 2025 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (
+    create_async_engine,
+    async_sessionmaker,
+    AsyncEngine,
+    AsyncSession,
+)
+import os
+
+ASYNC_DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("ASYNC_DATABASE_URL", "sqlite+aiosqlite:///./poppy.db")
+SYNC_DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("SYNC_DATABASE_URL", "sqlite:///./poppy.db")
+
+# For migrations, we can probably use async?
+sync_engine = create_engine(
+    SYNC_DATABASE_URL,
+    echo=False,
+    future=True,
+)
+
+async_engine: AsyncEngine = create_async_engine(
+    ASYNC_DATABASE_URL,
+    echo=False,
+    future=True,
+)
+
+AsyncSessionLocal = async_sessionmaker(
+    bind=async_engine,
+    class_=AsyncSession,
+    expire_on_commit=False,
+)
+
+
+async def get_session():
+    async with AsyncSessionLocal() as session:
+        yield session
+
+
+def create_db_and_tables():
+    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(sync_engine)