Let's just be honest, ORMs add a lot more weight than just "p.username = 'Carl'". You do not always have a type checker, besides, there are unit tests. It is no

Let's just be honest, ORMs add a lot more weight than just "p.username = 'Carl'". You do not always have a type checker, besides, there are unit tests. It is not just masochistic to use pure SQL.