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JSNation 2023

Welcome to a talk on Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) and its potential pitfalls. The speaker discusses issues with modals and the MVC pattern, as well as the benefits of structuring code around system features instead. They introduce PlatformaticDB as a solution for easy backend development, showcasing its deployment and testing capabilities. The talk also covers integrating with Next.js, writing custom SQL queries, and the speaker's plans for future support and database compatibility.

What's an ORM? An Object-Relational Mapping tool (ORM) is a library to map a SQL table to a Class. In most cases, ORMs force the users to structure their code to have Model objects that include both data access and business logic. Once upon a time, I did several projects using ORMs as I followed the common belief that they would simplify the development and maintenance of projects. I was wrong. ORMs are often a hurdle to overcome for the most complex part of a project. As the next stop of my journey, I recommended people use the native languages of their databases, e.g., SQL. This works great for the most part, but it creates quite a struggle: there is a lot of boilerplate code to write that can be pretty tedious. I was wrong, again. Today I'm presenting you Platformatic DB.

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