I’m usually not a fan of dissing technologies that one does not use/like but others do. I don’t use ORMs but I’m sure the reason they are so popular is that the

I’m usually not a fan of dissing technologies that one does not use/like but others do. I don’t use ORMs but I’m sure the reason they are so popular is that they provide something of value to the people that do use them. However, your reasons for disliking ORMs seems a little like hearsay. I am interested in seeing how the responses to this post will be, although I’m afraid that this might turn into a flame-war. I wonder how often the pro-ORM flame wars the anti-ORM camp here on HN.