Yes, that is what we do and what I like about SQLAlchemy for Python. We use the ORM for like 90% of cases and drop down to its SQL abstraction underneath the OR

Yes, that is what we do and what I like about SQLAlchemy for Python. We use the ORM for like 90% of cases and drop down to its SQL abstraction underneath the ORM. The last time I used Django a couple of years ago that was one of the bigger pains for me: It was either the Django ORM capabilities or raw SQL, not much in between. Or maybe I was just unaware of how to do it better.