Building a Blog with Prisma and PostgreSQL

Why Prisma?

Prisma is a modern database toolkit that provides type safety, excellent performance, and a great developer experience. It's particularly well-suited for PostgreSQL databases.

Key Features

• Type Safety: Full TypeScript support with automatic type inference
• Performance: Lightweight and fast, with minimal overhead
• Schema Management: Powerful migration system
• Query Builder: Intuitive and composable query interface

Setting Up the Blog Schema

Here's how we can define our blog post schema:

model BlogPost {
	id          Int       @id @default(autoincrement())
	title       String
	slug        String    @unique
	content     String
	excerpt     String?
	publishedAt DateTime? @default(now())
	isPublished Boolean   @default(false)
	authorId    Int?
	author      User?     @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
}

Querying Posts

Prisma makes it easy to query your data with type safety:

const posts = await prisma.blogPost.findMany({
	where: { isPublished: true },
	orderBy: { publishedAt: 'desc' }
});

Conclusion

Prisma provides an excellent foundation for building type-safe database applications. Its combination of performance, developer experience, and PostgreSQL integration makes it a compelling choice for modern web applications.