This is my answer as well (mostly). Earlier in development when you are iterating on your data model and just trying to write a lot of code, an ORM can help mov

This is my answer as well (mostly). Earlier in development when you are iterating on your data model and just trying to write a lot of code, an ORM can help move things along quicker. But once your project is more established, well designed tables and well written SQL could have large impact on performance.