You might want to try Linq2Db, it is much closer to Diesel in how it works (More SQL DSL with parameter+reader mapper, less Unit-of-work ORM). FWIW, it can act

You might want to try Linq2Db, it is much closer to Diesel in how it works (More SQL DSL with parameter+reader mapper, less Unit-of-work ORM). FWIW, it can actually work 'on top' of an Existing EF Core context+mappings (i.e. if you have an existing project and want to migrate, or just need the better feature-set for a specific case.) or you can get pretty close to 'yolo by convention' depending on case. In general though it's a lot less ceremony to start messing around.