I also moved away from NoSQL for prototyping; as I recount in the sibling comment, I think the touted increase in dev speed is a myth, as the only penalties in

I also moved away from NoSQL for prototyping; as I recount in the sibling comment, I think the touted increase in dev speed is a myth, as the only penalties in dev speed for SQL come from (a) learning the tech and (b) thinking of your data model ahead of time, both fixed costs which dilute over time and eventually make you faster. > Now I find the world of ORMs to be onerous Funnily enough, I've also moved to Python, Django in particular. However, I'm having no problem whatsoever with the Django ORM and it's serving me extremely well for prototyping - I feel it is very easy to operate and that I can move at the same speed that I ever could with NoSQL after just a couple of months of practice. Have you tried the Django ORM in particular? And what about the ORMs you've tried makes them onerous?