enable hot-reloading for apps

Author: philvarner

README.md

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ make docker-run-sqlalchemy
 
 The application will be started on <http://localhost:8080>.
 
+By default, the apps are run with uvicorn hot-reloading enabled. This can be turned off by changing the value
+of the `RELOAD` env var in docker-compose.yml to `false`.
+
 #### Note to Docker for Windows users
 
 You'll need to enable experimental features on Docker for Windows in order to run the docker-compose,

docker-compose.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - APP_PORT=8081
-      - RELOAD=false
+      - RELOAD=true
       - ENVIRONMENT=local
       - POSTGRES_USER=username
       - POSTGRES_PASS=password
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - APP_PORT=8082
-      - RELOAD=false
+      - RELOAD=true
       - ENVIRONMENT=local
       - POSTGRES_USER=username
       - POSTGRES_PASS=password