Building Flash ORM: A Journey into Database Abstraction

How we built a Prisma-like ORM for Go with multi-database support and type-safe code generation.

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Swarnendu Ghosh

Why We Built Flash ORM



We wanted the developer experience of Prisma, but in Go and across multiple SQL dialects.

Core Design Goals



- Type-safe query building
- Schema-first workflow
- Support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite

Result



Flash ORM now powers internal services and dramatically reduced hand-written SQL in our apps.
GoORMDatabase