Correct me if I am wrong, but can't the Sequel ORM accomplish this as well? Post.join(:author).where(:author__name => "John") (the above is purely from me

Correct me if I am wrong, but can't the Sequel ORM accomplish this as well? Post.join(:author).where(:author__name => "John") (the above is purely from memory and may have syntax errors). In any case, it lets you drop into raw SQL as a last resort.