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The way I think about this is that the old generation of DB tools make it possible for application developers to use databases. With Prisma we want to make it a

The way I think about this is that the old generation of DB tools make it possible for application developers to use databases. With Prisma we want to make it a delight. There are an order of magnitude more application developers today than just 10 years ago. This enable us to invest much more in the tools we all use, resulting in higher quality and a much better experience. So to turn it around - why _not_ build new and better tools?

kevas 6y ago
Because someone will build tools off yours and then someone will build tools off theirs. Abstractions on abstractions on abstractions.
- sorenbs 6y ago
  I believe this is normally called innovation :-P
  - kevas 6y ago
    LPad was innovation too and that broke everything.
    - sorenbs 6y ago
      Was it though?
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Because someone will build tools off yours and then someone will build tools off theirs. Is that supposed to be a reason against? Enabling further progress sounds more like a reason for, not a reason against.