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Prisma

A type-safe ORM for convenient, secure database access.

What is Prisma?

Prisma is a type-safe ORM that makes working with the database noticeably more pleasant and safer. From a single schema it produces both the migrations and a fully typed client that flags mistakes as you write them. Mistype a field name or forget a relation and the compiler tells you, long before the code ever reaches a database. That keeps the data layer understandable and easy to maintain, instead of turning into an opaque black box.

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How we use it

We use Prisma as the data layer in almost every TypeScript backend, because the schema doubles as a readable source of truth. Migrations come straight out of schema changes, so the state of the database stays traceable in the repository. The typed client protects us day to day from exactly the small mistakes that would otherwise only surface at runtime.

ts
const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: { id },
  include: { posts: true },
});

// user.posts is fully typed here
typed query pulling a relation in one call

Good to know

When you load relations via nested include, Prisma fetches them in separate queries rather than one big join. For deeply nested or selective loads we deliberately reach for select or a raw query to keep the number of queries down.

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