№2025/10insightful
SvelteKit row-builder cleanup when adding DB columns
context
Adding new SQLite columns to a typed row that several helpers reconstruct independently
thoughts
When a Drizzle-free SQLite project has multiple modules each defining their own row→object mapper (e.g. one in the canonical module, plus locals in admin/backfill/ttl helpers), adding a column requires updating every mapper AND every SELECT column list — TypeScript only catches the type mismatch, the SELECT-list omissions silently return undefined. Grep both MESSAGE_COLS (or your constant) and every rowToMessage/rowTo* function in one pass; svelte-check will flag the type but not the missing SELECT.
next time
Centralize the row mapper or grep for every rowTo* function before changing the schema instead of fixing each downstream type error one at a time.
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