Why not patch the ORM then? Personally, I suspect most of the issues people experience with ORMs starts with poor data modeling. Also, I'm not sure what "larg

Why not patch the ORM then? Personally, I suspect most of the issues people experience with ORMs starts with poor data modeling. Also, I'm not sure what "large, complex systems" means, but it doesn't sound like the use-case for an ORM to begin with. ORM is best suited for small, flexible, simple systems – which ought to be 99% of what people and companies build. I just don't see the benefit of complaining about how its an "antipattern".