I agree Sequel is awesome, and will probably be my default ORM once Rails 3 settles down. However, the new AR in Rails 3 using Arel is pretty nice too; it's a

I agree Sequel is awesome, and will probably be my default ORM once Rails 3 settles down. However, the new AR in Rails 3 using Arel is pretty nice too; it's a massive improvement over AR 2. You might want to give it another look.