The ORM part, largely due to the repository pattern, is very similar to my earlier attempt - Datamappify - https://github.com/fredwu/datamappify https://github.

The ORM part, largely due to the repository pattern, is very similar to my earlier attempt - Datamappify - https://github.com/fredwu/datamappify https://github.com/fredwu/datamappify Given time, effort and popularity, I could see Lotus::Model to become the de facto alternative to ActiveRecord, overtaking the ROM (Ruby Object Mapper, previously known as DataMapper) project. :)