Drizzle ORM
SQL-Like Syntax
Write queries that look like SQL, not a proprietary API. Any developer who knows SQL can read and maintain your code.
Drizzle's query API mirrors SQL syntax closely — select, where, join, orderBy, groupBy, having — so anyone familiar with SQL can read and understand Drizzle queries without learning a proprietary API. This is a deliberate design choice that contrasts with ORMs like Prisma or Sequelize, which use their own query languages that abstract away the SQL underneath.
For Okanagan businesses investing in a web application, this SQL-like approach reduces long-term risk. If you ever need to bring on a different developer or switch to a different technology, the database logic in your codebase is transparent and understandable. A developer who knows SQL — which is virtually every backend developer — can read your Drizzle queries and understand exactly what they do.
This transparency also makes debugging straightforward. When a query doesn't return the expected results, the Drizzle code reads almost exactly like the SQL that gets executed. There's no hidden magic translating your code into unexpected queries. For Okanagan businesses that value maintainability and developer independence, Drizzle's SQL-like syntax means your database layer is accessible to any qualified developer, not just specialists in a particular ORM's proprietary API.