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Rushikesh Bodakhe
Rushikesh Bodakhe

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I Got Tired of Outdated DB Diagrams, So I Built a Tool That Understands Schemas Instead

If you’ve worked on a backend for more than a few months, you’ve probably experienced this:

The database schema exists

The ER diagram is outdated

Documentation is either missing or wrong

New devs keep asking, “What does this table do?”

I kept hitting this wall across multiple projects — solo work, startups, and client codebases.

So instead of fixing the docs again, I built a tool to generate understanding directly from the schema itself.

That tool is called Vizora.

The Problem With Database Documentation

Most database documentation fails for the same reasons:

Diagrams are drawn manually

Docs are written once and never updated

Schema changes aren’t tracked clearly

Understanding relationships takes too long

And tools that connect directly to live databases introduce:

Security concerns

Credential handling

Read-only role complexity

Internal approval delays

All that friction just to understand a schema.

Vizora’s Approach (No DB Connections)

Vizora takes a different route:

Paste your database schema → get diagrams, explanations, and docs instantly

No live database connection
No credentials
No infra access

Just schema → intelligence.

You can paste:

SQL DDL

Prisma schema

Schema-only dumps

And Vizora handles the rest.

What Vizora Generates

From a single schema paste, Vizora produces:

🔹 ER Diagrams

Automatically generated

Accurate relationships

Always in sync with the pasted schema

🔹 Schema Explorer

Browse tables, columns, keys, and relations

Clean, readable structure

Easy to navigate large schemas

🔹 AI Explanations (Plain English)

What each table represents

How tables relate

Why certain structures likely exist

Useful for onboarding and handoffs

🔹 Auto Documentation (Markdown)

Living docs generated from the schema

Ready for GitHub, Notion, or internal wikis

No manual rewriting

🔹 Version History & Change Tracking

Every schema paste becomes a version

See what changed between versions

Useful during refactors and reviews

🔹 Exports

PNG / SVG diagrams

Markdown documentation

Easy sharing in PRs or docs

Why Schema-Paste > Live DB Access

I intentionally avoided connecting to live databases because:

Security reviews slow adoption

Many teams can’t grant DB access

Offline / legacy schemas still matter

Understanding structure ≠ querying data

Schema-paste makes Vizora:

Safer

Faster to try

Easier to trust

Usable anywhere

For most teams, that tradeoff is worth it.

Who This Is For

Vizora is built for:

Backend engineers dealing with complex schemas

Solo developers who want clean docs without overhead

Startups onboarding new engineers

Agencies handling multiple client databases

If you’ve ever said:

“I know this schema works… but I don’t really understand it anymore”

You’re the target user.

Current Status: Private Beta

Vizora is currently in private beta, and I’m actively looking for early users and feedback.

👉 Private Beta Access:
https://vizora1.vercel.app/

I’m especially interested in:

Real-world schemas

Pain points during onboarding

Missing features you’d expect

Final Thought

Databases are the foundation of most applications, yet they’re often the least understood part of the system.

Vizora exists to make schemas readable, explainable, and shareable — without adding risk or complexity.

If that sounds useful, I’d love for you to try it and share honest feedback.

Thanks for reading 👋
Happy to answer questions in the comments.

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