This. In the vast, vast majority of cases I prefer writing my stuff with LINQ. The ease of use and type safety is just brilliant. And still for more complex que

This. In the vast, vast majority of cases I prefer writing my stuff with LINQ. The ease of use and type safety is just brilliant. And still for more complex queries or queries that don't perform well enough I still reach for SQL. The point of ORMs is not to obsolete SQL.