August 3, 2024
Prisma Patterns for Production
Recommended patterns for structuring Prisma queries in a modern SaaS app.
Prisma gives you a type-safe query builder, but structure still matters for maintainability.
### Key patterns
- Organize read helpers under `lib/` and wrap them in `cache()` when the data rarely changes.
- Keep writes in server actions or dedicated service modules so you can reuse validation.
- Prefer `upsert` or `createMany` when batching seed data.
Add logging around slow queries and surface Prisma errors with human-friendly messages in the UI.