DriftConnected data, kept portable

Explanation

Use explanation when you need to understand why Drift has a constraint or boundary before making a design decision. These pages describe consequences and tradeoffs rather than step-by-step tasks.

  • Storage adapters — why the core depends on a repository port rather than a specific database.
  • Tenancy and API keys — how service credentials establish isolation.
  • Retrieval — why declarative reads are constrained and synchronous.