I had an irrational hatred of ORM's for a long time until I used them for a while. They are great for CRUD applications, they simplify a lot of your applicatio

I had an irrational hatred of ORM's for a long time until I used them for a while. They are great for CRUD applications, they simplify a lot of your application boilerplate. Yes, you still should know and learn SQL, and know how your database works, and yes for any kind of complex query you will need to reach for raw queries, but that's fine.