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ORMs are about abstractions. We use django, and django gives us great abstractions so we can create more value customers rather than do sql kungfu. When we fin
by nojvek 8y ago
ORMs are about abstractions. We use django, and django gives us great abstractions so we can create more value customers rather than do sql kungfu.
When we find something can be better expressed as SQL because of a complicated join from many tables, we use SQL.
ORM is just another tool in your toolbox. They are not mutually exclusive.
- jayd16 8y agoMixing paradigms can often cause issues with ORM caching and transacting so in a sense they are often exclusive, although you can usually just throw more code around to make it work.