I guess this is a fair point. It is easy to use SQL with AR. But when you do so, you get lambasted in code review by people saying "you can generate this same S

I guess this is a fair point. It is easy to use SQL with AR. But when you do so, you get lambasted in code review by people saying "you can generate this same SQL with this arcane Arel incantation!!". But that is certainly a culture problem and not a technical one!