Same, I just write my own SQL and row mappers. It's not a huge deal, and then I actually know what the schema looks like (and why queries are slow ;). Hibernate

Same, I just write my own SQL and row mappers. It's not a huge deal, and then I actually know what the schema looks like (and why queries are slow ;). Hibernate has way too much magic going on under the covers. I have loved Dropwizard in the past, which encourages the use of Liquibase. Not right for every project, but it was great when it fit.