They’re still valuable in larger enterprises where applications are maintained for decades without rewriting. I’ve seen db vendors get switched more than once

They’re still valuable in larger enterprises where applications are maintained for decades without rewriting. I’ve seen db vendors get switched more than once in contexts like this. Code gen tools are nice, saves a ton of boilerplate. Everyman type programmers still get a lot of mileage out of them. Majority of queries HQL handles fine and you can always drop into SQL to handle the ugly ones.