Thoughts on Schema Design

ERD tooling, database workflows, and developer experience.

Your ERD is hiding your domain model
Your ERD is hiding your domain model
A raw column list tells you what the database stores. It doesn't tell you what the business means. Schemity surfaces the domain model that's already encoded in your schema - if you know where to look.
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Your ERD tool can't keep up with your thinking
Your ERD tool can't keep up with your thinking
The best ideas happen fast. Most ERD tools make you slow down to use them. Schemity is built for the speed of thought - keyboard-first, drag-to-relate, zero friction.
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The ERD that lives in your Git repo
The ERD that lives in your Git repo
You exported a PNG. You pasted it into Confluence. Six months later, three tables have been renamed and two new ones added. The diagram is a lie. Here's a better way.
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