I knew that ORMs where a bad idea since the first time I saw one many years ago. It never made any sense to me. I don't see how they simplify anything; even in

I knew that ORMs where a bad idea since the first time I saw one many years ago. It never made any sense to me. I don't see how they simplify anything; even in the early stages. SQL is actually a really simple abstraction for fetching relational data.