> The argument is although they appear to offer you value up front, they cost you much more down the road. I always enjoyed this[0][1] take on that sentiment.

> The argument is although they appear to offer you value up front, they cost you much more down the road. I always enjoyed this[0][1] take on that sentiment. “Although it may seem trite to say it, Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science. It represents a quagmire which starts well, gets more complicated as time passes, and before long entraps its users in a commitment that has no clear demarcation point, no clear win conditions, and no clear exit strategy.” [0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/object-relational-mapping-is-the-vietnam-of-computer-science/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/object-relational-mapping-is-t... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20180118171352/http://blogs.tedneward.com/post/the-vietnam-of-computer-science/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180118171352/http://blogs.tedn...