// Hacker Noon · 20 March 2026

Mastering Database Functions: A Beginner's Guide to Simplifying Backend Code

A database function is a block of reusable code that lives inside your database. Think of it like a regular function in any programming language, except it runs inside the database engine. In Postgres, you write functions using a language called PL/pgSQL.

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