Building with Prisma ORM and Next.js 15

Our Tech Stack

Nexus Content is built on modern, production-ready tools:

Prisma ORM

We migrated from raw SQL to Prisma for incredible benefits:

• Full type safety - Autocomplete on all 39 database fields
• Auto-generated types - Database schema is source of truth
• Clean syntax - MongoDB-like queries with SQL power
• No SQL injection - Parameterized queries by default

// Before (raw SQL)
const result = await client.query(
  'SELECT * FROM documents WHERE id = $1 AND deleted_at IS NULL',
  [id]
);

// After (Prisma)
const document = await prisma.documents.findFirst({
  where: {
    id,
    deleted_at: null,
  },
});

Next.js 15 App Router

Server Components by default with:

• Server Actions for mutations
• ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) for blog pages
• Parallel routes for admin dashboard
• Middleware for authentication

Neon PostgreSQL

Serverless Postgres with:

• HTTP-based queries (no connection pooling needed)
• Row-Level Security (RLS) for multi-tenancy
• Auto-scaling and branching

Performance Results

Real metrics from production:

• API response time: <100ms (CDN cached)
• Database queries: <50ms average
• Lighthouse score: 95+ on all pages
• TypeScript compile time: 2.3s for full codebase

Developer Experience

The stack prioritizes DX:

• TypeScript errors catch bugs at compile time
• Prisma Studio for visual database browsing
• Server Actions eliminate API boilerplate
• Hot reload in <200ms

Want to see the code? It's all in our GitHub repo.