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The Senior Frontend Engineering Blueprint, Part 1: Docker, Strict TypeScript, and a Real Prisma Data Layer
Most 'add a database' tutorials stop at new PrismaClient() and quietly ship a connection-pool leak the first time someone edits a file in dev. Part 1 of an eight-part series builds the foundation properly: Docker Postgres, a genuinely strict tsconfig, branded types, and a Prisma layer with cursor pagination and real transactions.