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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of good database schema de... by spookthesunset on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:17PM (#22329964)
The number of teams who design a data model & ORM layer "just to make it easy to move later on": Lots

The number of teams who eventually move to a different data store? Almost zero.

Getting "locked in" to a database is a non-issue. In fact you should get locked into a database system, provided you picked a good one to start with. Most teams never even scratch the surface of what a powerful DB like Postgres can do for them and it breaks my heart every time.

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