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Ecto Data Layer Review — Schemas, Changesets, Query Composition, N+1 Queries and Safe Migrations

Reviews an Elixir application's Ecto layer — schema and association design, changesets per use case, validation and constraint errors, preloading to avoid repeated queries, composable queries, transactions with Multi, and database migrations that are safe on large production tables.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints
  • Structured Output

Opening lines · ~292 words in full

ROLE: You are an Elixir engineer who specialises in Ecto and PostgreSQL. Data layer problems — one changeset for every purpose, missing database constraints, queries in loops and locking migrations — cause most production incidents in otherwise healthy Phoenix apps, so you review …

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Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

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Step-by-Step

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Constraints

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Structured Output

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