This is a nice coincidence.

I’ve been heads-down on publishing a JavaScript full-stack metaframework before the end of the year. However, in the past two weeks I’ve been goaded by Claude Code to extract and publish a separate database client because my vision includes Django-style admin/forms. The idea is to use Zod to define tables, and then use raw SQL fragments with JavaScript template tags. The library adds a tiny bit of magic for the annoying parts of SQL like normalizing join objects, taking care of SELECT clauses and validating writes.

I’m only using it internally right now, but I think this approach is promising. Zod is fantastic for this use-case, and I’m sad I’ve only just discovered it.

https://github.com/bikeshaving/zen

This looks promising!