Proper way of handling a specific case in effect-ts

const program = Effect.gen(function* ($) {
  const data: DataModel[] = yield* $(Effect.succeed(expected));
  const cached: Option.Option<DataModel[]> = yield* $(cache(data));

  // Start
  //Better way to handle this option case and early return?
  const models = pipe(
    cached,
    Option.getOrElse(() => []),
  ) satisfies DataModel[];

  if (models.length === 0) {
    return Effect.unit();
  }
  // end

  return yield* $(
    Effect.all(DatabaseTag, SchemaTag),
    Effect.flatMap(([database, schema]) => interpreter({ db: database, modelToSchemaMap: schema }, models)),
  );
});

const program = Effect.gen(function* ($) {
  const data: DataModel[] = yield* $(Effect.succeed(expected));
  const cached: Option.Option<DataModel[]> = yield* $(cache(data));

  // Start
  //Better way to handle this option case and early return?
  const models = pipe(
    cached,
    Option.getOrElse(() => []),
  ) satisfies DataModel[];

  if (models.length === 0) {
    return Effect.unit();
  }
  // end

  return yield* $(
    Effect.all(DatabaseTag, SchemaTag),
    Effect.flatMap(([database, schema]) => interpreter({ db: database, modelToSchemaMap: schema }, models)),
  );
});