I regularly use raw sql in rails. ORMs are fine for convenience, but for me, they never make or break an app. They can save you some typing on very basic stuf

I regularly use raw sql in rails. ORMs are fine for convenience, but for me, they never make or break an app. They can save you some typing on very basic stuff, but if you find you're writing complex ORM code, I think it's a good idea to just use sql directly.