Comment by brigandish

> I personally don't see the beauty of it and would prefer to directly use the right SQL and call it a day.

I think that's fair enough, there are enough ways to do things now that it should be possible to accommodate both.

> On people skilled in SQL, you should have a few onboard anyway if you're doing more than basic CRUD on the DB, and it's easier to find than ORM gurus IMHO.

I agree but I'm not sure there are more SQL gurus than those used to ORMs nowadays. Lately I've favoured using SQL but even 15 years ago most devs I knew couldn't use it well, I can't see devs used to Rails et al having the chops for it, sadly. What was once convenient easily becomes one's master.

> I haven't got the chance yo try Sequel

If you get the chance, I think it's worth it. It's easy to drop into plain SQL without dumping the ORM, and I've never had a problem with the stuff it generates. It's a pity ActiveRecord gets all the love instead.