I agree. Unfortunately each database has its own SQL dialect with small differences, so migrating to a different database becomes a problem when using plain SQL

I agree. Unfortunately each database has its own SQL dialect with small differences, so migrating to a different database becomes a problem when using plain SQL. You also lose compile-time checks. I'm trying to combine the best of the two approaches in the V language. It has a built-in ORM that uses SQL-like syntax: uk_customers := db.select from Customer where country == 'uk' && nr_orders > 0 println(uk_customers.len) for customer in uk_customers { println('id: $customer.id; name: $customer.name') } https://vlang.io/docs#orm https://vlang.io/docs#orm