Originally published on rohitraj.tech
A Postgres-backed Next.js MVP shipping in 6 weeks: Drizzle cold-starts in ~40ms on Vercel Mumbai, Prisma at ~280ms (after the engine binary downloads), TypeORM at ~520ms with decorators bloating bundle size. Here is the real ORM math for an India MVP — cold start, type safety, migration story, edge runtime support, and which one to actually pick.
Read the full version with code samples, diagrams, and architecture details: Drizzle vs Prisma vs TypeORM — Real ORM Pick for India MVP 2026
More engineering notes: rohitraj.tech/en/notes
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