Serverless Database Integration

Situation

The file-based dynamic routing blog system was a prototype designed to be database-driven from the start. Running a private server just for blog articles was overkill, and the infrastructure decision had been delayed for too long.

Task

• Integrate a serverless database without requiring a traditional backend framework
• Create a reusable, framework-agnostic database package

Action

1. Chose Neon PostgreSQL via Vercel Integrations for serverless infrastructure delegation
2. Integrated Prisma ORM for type-safe database access
3. Created @juun/db package with no React/Next.js dependencies
4. Implemented singleton pattern to prevent connection pool exhaustion
5. Organized queries using namespace pattern (post.get.all(), post.get.byId())

Result

• Zero backend framework code required
• Type-safe database access from schema to UI
• Automatic scaling with scale-to-zero cost optimization
• CI/CD pipeline includes Prisma generation in postinstall
• Database package reusable across different frameworks