I think there are a lot of database libraries across a lot of languages that let you jam data directly into an object. The only thing I think (some) ORMs do re

I think there are a lot of database libraries across a lot of languages that let you jam data directly into an object. The only thing I think (some) ORMs do really well is migration management. But you can also devise your own patterns for this easily enough that it's not worth it.