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I assume you've seen "Object-Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science"? http://blogs.tedneward.com/post/the-vietnam-of-computer-science/ http://bl

• bitexploder 9y ago
  ORM is like C++. SQLAlchemy is the best ORM I know of. You can use it lightly and map tables, migrations, and never go deep into the ORM "problem". Saves you a lot of effort doing SQL push-ups. Many projects doing OO end up building a worse ORM from scratch eventually.
  • humanrebar 9y ago
    > Many projects doing OO end up building a worse ORM from scratch eventually. Sure, and lots of people end up implementing a lisp in C++. Doesn't necessarily mean they should just use a lisp instead. Usually it just means they should learn how to use their tools idiomatically.