feat: ✨ added more utilities functions

db/driver.go

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+package db
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgconn"
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
+)
+
+func NewPostgresPool(dataSource string) *pgxpool.Pool {
+	dbPool, err := pgxpool.New(context.Background(), dataSource)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("error connecting to database", "error", err)
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := dbPool.Ping(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("error pinging database, maybe incorrect datasource", "error", err)
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	slog.Info("connected to database")
+	return dbPool
+}