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# Pydantic Model vs SQLAlchemy Model

### Pydantic Model

* Schema/Pydantic Models define the structure of a request & response
* This ensures that when a user wants to create a post, the request will only go through if has a "title" and "content" in the body (as defined via Pydantic) 

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### SQLAlchemy Model

* Responsible for defining the columns of our "posts" table within Postgres
* Is used to query, create, delete, update entries within the database

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