ORMs seem to be a typical example of over-engineering. Often you don't need all that complexity they come with and when you do, you are probably better of under

ORMs seem to be a typical example of over-engineering. Often you don't need all that complexity they come with and when you do, you are probably better of understanding exactly what you are doing. So maybe building a minimal API, wrapping your SQL queries isn't such a bad idea after all.