Yeah, when you're doing the 1% of super complicated stuff, definitely don't use this (and opt for the underlying database driver directly). But when you're doin

Yeah, when you're doing the 1% of super complicated stuff, definitely don't use this (and opt for the underlying database driver directly). But when you're doing the 99%, it's great! Unlike with stateful ORMs, there is no temptation to do the 1% using some obscure orm methods and never heard of option params. Just write the sql.