Mike Hartington
Your Database Might Not Be the Bottleneck
Slow APIs are not always a database problem. Here’s how request parsing, middleware, and repeated object work can become the real bottleneck before Postgres is even involved.
Rethinking Database Migrations
Database migrations are brittle and they break when you're most vulnerable; when you're deploying to production. Prisma 8 migrations make them explicit, verifiable and safe to retry.
Sunsetting Prisma Optimize
Prisma Optimize is being sunset as we move query observability directly into Prisma Postgres through Query Insights.
How We Rebuilt the Prisma Docs from the Ground Up
Learn how the Prisma team rebuilt their docs from scratch using Fumadocs, improved search with Mixedbread, and launched without disrupting day-to-day work.
Prisma ORM v7.4: Query Caching, Partial Indexes, and Major Performance Improvements
Prisma ORM v7.4 introduces query caching, partial indexes, and BigInt precision fixes—delivering significant performance improvements under load.
Prisma ORM 7.3.0: Faster queries, safer data, smoother upgrades
Prisma ORM 7.3.0 adds a new compilerBuild option (fast or small), speeds up raw queries by bypassing compilation, improves MSSQL and better-sqlite3 stability, reverts mapped enum behavior, and preserves BigInt precision in relationJoins JSON aggregation.
Announcing Prisma ORM 7.2.0
Prisma ORM 7.2.0 is out with key improvements: the return of the --url flag, smarter prisma init configs for Node and Bun, better CLI errors, and fixes for @db.Money. Upgrade today.
Prisma 7 Performance and Benchmarks
We reviewed community benchmarks comparing Prisma 6 and Prisma 7. Here’s what they measure, where regressions exist, and how we’re fixing them.
Announcing Prisma 7
Prisma ORM 7 delivers major performance gains, a Rust-free client, and a streamlined developer experience, plus deeper Prisma Postgres integration.
Announcing Prisma 6.19.0
Prisma 6.19 release includes pooled Postgres connections and VS Code extension improvements
Prisma ORM 6.18.0, Postgres Database Metrics and Config Modernization
Catch up on the lates 6.18.0 release for Prisma ORM and Prisma Postgres.