I've wanted to like ORMs but they always get in the away as requirements start to get more complex. On the other hand, I like writing in plain SQL, but that's o

I've wanted to like ORMs but they always get in the away as requirements start to get more complex. On the other hand, I like writing in plain SQL, but that's often hard to comprehend by other people - you cannot just glance through to know what's happening under hood. I find Ecto to be the perfect balance of expressiveness, flexibility and clarity. In fact it's the single reason to have picked up Elixir.