Volodymyr Zakhovaiko
Latest in Backend

May 03, 2026

Prisma vs TypeORM vs Drizzle: a fair benchmark, every caveat, every footgun

I ran 12 scenarios on Railway against all three ORMs, dug into pg_stat_statements, fixed the unfair bits, and learned exactly why Prisma is slower, why TypeORM is leaner, and where Drizzle actually beats both.

Writing

May 03, 2026

Prisma vs TypeORM vs Drizzle: a fair benchmark, every caveat, every footgun

I ran 12 scenarios on Railway against all three ORMs, dug into pg_stat_statements, fixed the unfair bits, and learned exactly why Prisma is slower, why TypeORM is leaner, and where Drizzle actually beats both.

BackendDatabasesPerformance

Mar 10, 2026

Would I choose Deno over Node.js for my own project?

After using Deno at work, here's my honest take on whether I'd pick it over Node.js for a personal project — spoiler: it's complicated.

BackendDX

May 11, 2025

REST API, tRPC or GraphQL? What would you choose for your new startup?

Recently, I decided to bring one of my countless startup ideas to life, and I got stuck on choosing a communication protocol between the mobile app and the backend...

BackendAPIArchitecture