diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index b8749c4..c2052ce 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ var (
 	ErrBadConfig   = errors.New("bad config")
 	ErrMissingData = errors.New("missing data")
 	ErrNotExist    = errors.New("not exist")
+	ErrNotFound    = errors.New("not found")
 	ErrNotValid    = errors.New("invalid")
+	ErrUnexpected  = errors.New("unexpected")
 )
diff --git a/postgres/service.go b/postgres/service.go
index 4c77e92..d6f3938 100644
--- a/postgres/service.go
+++ b/postgres/service.go
@@ -1,27 +1,151 @@
 package postgres
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 
+	"github.com/xy-planning-network/trails"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
 )
 
-// DatabaseService sets up the interface to be used at the handler/middelware level. These should be straightforward
-// calls that allow us to skip creating a procedure method for the most basic database interactions. At the procedural
-// layer, the *gorm.DB struct is available directly for more complex composition. This has the intended functionality
-// that we are not testing the database in handlers, while it is tested directly at the procedural layer.
-type DatabaseService interface {
-	CountByQuery(model any, query map[string]any) (int64, error)
-	FetchByQuery(models any, query string, params []any) error
-	FindByID(model any, ID any) error
-	FindByQuery(model any, query map[string]any) error
-	PagedByQuery(models any, query string, params []any, order string, page int, perPage int, preloads ...string) (PagedData, error)
-	PagedByQueryFromSession(models any, session *gorm.DB, page int, perPage int) (PagedData, error)
-}
-
-// PagedData is returned from the PagedByQuery method. It contains paged database records and pagination metadata.
-type PagedData struct {
-	Items      any   `json:"items"`
+type Simple[T any] struct {
+	db *gorm.DB
+}
+
+func NewSimple[T any](db *gorm.DB) *Simple[T] {
+	return &Simple[T]{db}
+}
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Debug() *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Distinct(args ...interface{}) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Find() (T, error) { return nil }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) First() (T, error) {
+	var dest T
+	err := db.db.Model(&dest).First(&dest).Error
+	if errors.Is(err, gorm.ErrRecordNotFound) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w", trails.ErrNotFound)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", trails.ErrUnexpected, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Group(name string) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Joins(query string, args ...interface{}) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Limit(limit int) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Offset(offset int) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Or(query interface{}, args ...interface{}) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Order(value interface{}) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Paged(page, perPage int) (PagedData[T], error) {
+	var pd PagedData[T]
+	var items T
+
+	// Make sure page/perPage are sane
+	page = max(1, page)
+	perPage = max(1, perPage)
+
+	// Conduct unlimited count query to calculate totals
+	var totalRecords int64
+	if err := db.db.Model(&items).Session(new(gorm.Session)).Count(&totalRecords).Error; err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", trails.ErrUnexpected, err)
+		return pd, err
+	}
+
+	// Calculate offset and conduct limited query
+	offset := (page - 1) * perPage
+	if err := db.db.Model(&items).Limit(perPage).Offset(offset).Find(&items).Error; err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", trails.ErrUnexpected, err)
+		return pd, err
+	}
+
+	pd.Items = items
+	pd.Page = page
+	pd.PerPage = perPage
+	pd.TotalItems = totalRecords
+	totalPagesFloat := float64(totalRecords) / float64(perPage)
+	pd.TotalPages = int(math.Ceil(totalPagesFloat))
+
+	return pd, nil
+}
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Preload(query string, args ...interface{}) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Scopes(funcs ...func(*Simple[T]) *Simple[T]) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Select(columns ...string) *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+// Table specifies the name of the table to query when T is not a struct matching a database table.
+//
+// e.g.:
+//
+//	ids, err := NewSimple[[]uint].Table("users").Select("id").Find()
+func (db *Simple[T]) Table(name string) *Simple[T] {}
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Unscoped() *Simple[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Simple[T]) Where(query interface{}, args ...interface{}) *Simple[T] {
+	return &Simple[T]{db.db.Where(query, args...)}
+}
+
+type Robust[T any] struct {
+	*Simple[T]
+}
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Begin(opts ...*sql.TxOptions) *Robust[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Commit() error { return nil }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Create(value T) error { return nil }
+
+// escape hatch
+func (db *Robust[T]) DB() *gorm.DB { return db.db }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Delete(value T) error { return nil }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Exec(sql string, values ...interface{}) (int64, error) {
+	var err error
+	res := db.db.Exec(sql, values...)
+	if res.Error != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", trails.ErrUnexpected, err)
+	}
+	return res.RowsAffected, err
+}
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Raw(dest interface{}, sql string, values ...interface{}) error { return nil }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Rollback() *Robust[T] { return db }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Update(column string, value interface{}) (T, error) { return db }
+
+func (db *Robust[T]) Updates(values interface{}) (T, error) {
+	var dest T
+	err := db.db.Model(&dest).Clauses(clause.Returning{} /* GORM's RETURNING * syntax */).Updates(values).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", trails.ErrUnexpected, err)
+		return dest, err
+	}
+
+	return dest, nil
+}
+
+// PagedData is returned from the Paged method. It contains paged database records and pagination metadata.
+type PagedData[T any] struct {
+	Items      T     `json:"items"`
 	Page       int   `json:"page"`
 	PerPage    int   `json:"perPage"`
 	TotalItems int64 `json:"totalItems"`