i disagree with the assumption that a good tool will support all or even 90+% of use cases. you lose a lot by piling in feature after feature. I much prefer a

i disagree with the assumption that a good tool will support all or even 90+% of use cases. you lose a lot by piling in feature after feature. I much prefer a few different tools that do a few different things really well. I don't use active record if I have to deal with legacy schemas. I'll use data mapper or roll my own. If I get to design my own schemas then I love the benefits AR gives me.