I completely disagree. I love .NET Entity Framework Core. It's possible to build queries in code with a SQL-like syntax and a lot of helpers. But it's also poss

I completely disagree. I love .NET Entity Framework Core. It's possible to build queries in code with a SQL-like syntax and a lot of helpers. But it's also possible to provide raw SQL to the query builder. And the top notch feature: You can combine both methods into a single query. Everything has it's place though. Query builders and ORMs require some effort to keep in sync with the database schema. Sometimes it's worth the effort, sometimes not.