I use this pattern a lot, too. Just make sure not to `SELECT *`, which could be much slower and waste a lot of RAM in some cases (ORMs using e.g. active record

I use this pattern a lot, too. Just make sure not to `SELECT *`, which could be much slower and waste a lot of RAM in some cases (ORMs using e.g. active record pattern are often susceptible to this when used naively).