Shameless plug: I'm working with a small team on a data framework that replaces the ORM with an abstraction the eliminates the impedance mismatch. You can take

Shameless plug: I'm working with a small team on a data framework that replaces the ORM with an abstraction the eliminates the impedance mismatch. You can take a look at https://github.com/zeidon/zeidon-joe https://github.com/zeidon/zeidon-joe . I'd be happy to answer questions.