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Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by 3327 »

sorenbs wrote: post #2

Prisma co-founder here. I’m really excited to put this to good use and roll out many new futures in the coming months. Happy to answer any questions :-)

Hey, i have a great backend automation tools team, super senior crew, one of our projects fell through so if you need a solid team to build automation build systems etc. Happy to talk.

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by gsvclass »

Looking for something similar but not VC backed checkout Super Graph. It's very similar and in GO. Also it's not VC funded or even a startup just a good old open source project with a fast growing community.

Super Graph can learn your DB schema and relationships and automatically compile GraphQL to a single efficient SQL query. Use it as a standalone service or a library in your own code. It also works with Rails auth, JWT, Firebase auth, supports OpenCensus tracking and tracing, designed to be high-performance and startup in few milliseconds fro scale to zero environments. It works with all kinds of DB relationships including polymorphic associations, JSON and Array columns, and much more.

https://github.com/dosco/super-graph

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by bovermyer »

The graphic under "Database tools are stuck with legacy paradigms" made me chuckle. Just because the tech under the "Legacy" column isn't the new hotness doesn't mean they're suddenly irrelevant or even a bad choice.

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by nikolasburk »

cragsify wrote: post #9

Why do we need another generation of DB tools, what is wrong with what we have?

I feel like current database tools don't really cut it! From my own experience, working with databases in Node.js and TypeScript has always been a painful experience – sometimes more, sometimes less, but it was never smooth or enjoyable!

With Prisma, we're setting out to build database tools that make developers more _confident_ and _productive_ [1] in their database workflows!

We're focusing on type-safety, intuitive data modeling, easy working with relations and overall simpler ways for achieving common tasks with your database.

We also wrote at length about what we believe the shortcomings are with databases tools in our documentation [2], would love to hear your feedback about our thoughts here!

[1] https://www.prisma.io/blog/announcing-prisma-2-n0v98rzc8br1/

[2] https://www.prisma.io/docs/understand-prisma/why-prisma

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by XCSme »

sorenbs wrote: post #2

Prisma co-founder here. I’m really excited to put this to good use and roll out many new futures in the coming months. Happy to answer any questions :-)

Is this meant for the average developer or for highly-scalable enterprises only? What is the problem with the current vast number of databases? I personally still use MySQL and MongoDB and don't have many complaints in regards to usability or performance.

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by kevas »

sorenbs wrote: post #10
cragsify wrote: post #9

Why do we need another generation of DB tools, what is wrong with what we have?

The way I think about this is that the old generation of DB tools make it possible for application developers to use databases. With Prisma we want to make it a delight. There are an order of magnitude more application developers today than just 10 years ago. This enable us to invest much more in the tools we all use, resulting in higher quality and a much better experience. So to turn it around - why _not_ build new…

Because someone will build tools off yours and then someone will build tools off theirs. Abstractions on abstractions on abstractions.

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by XCSme »

nikolasburk wrote: post #15
cragsify wrote: post #9

Why do we need another generation of DB tools, what is wrong with what we have?

I feel like current database tools don't really cut it! From my own experience, working with databases in Node.js and TypeScript has always been a painful experience – sometimes more, sometimes less, but it was never smooth or enjoyable! With Prisma, we're setting out to build database tools that make developers more _confident_ and _productive_ [1] in their database workflows! We're focusing on type-safety, intuitiv…

I used MongoDB + Mongoose in TypeScript and the experience was ok. Just declare a Schema and it works, you get typings and everything. I think the problem was not the DB itself (MongoDB) but the tooling around it.

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by sorenbs »

kevas wrote: post #17
sorenbs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I think about this is that the old generation of DB tools make it possible for application developers to use databases. With Prisma we want to make it a delight. There are an order of magnitude more application developers today than just 10 years ago. This enable us to invest much more in the tools we all use, resulting in higher quality and a much better experience. So to turn it around - why _not_ build new…

Because someone will build tools off yours and then someone will build tools off theirs. Abstractions on abstractions on abstractions.

I believe this is normally called innovation :-P

Re: Prisma Raises $12M Series A

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Post by zookatron »

I find it odd that they say "Prisma is ready for production", but "Prisma Migrate is currently in an experimental state and should not be used in production environments". Having a robust migration management system is one of the primary things I look for in an ORM/database management tool in general. The only constant is change when it comes to business requirements, and having the ability to easily and safely change the data model of your application is invaluable. Not having the migration tooling complete makes it difficult for me to seriously justify trying out the Prisma 2 ecosystem in general.
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