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MustardTiger on June 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)

>If you're not using an ORM, then you ultimately end up writing one. And doing a far worse job than the people who focus on that for a living.

I don't understand why people keep repeating this myth. I do not use an ORM. I did not write one, or anything resembling one. I have absolutely no problems with accessing my database from my applications.

GrumpyNl on June 27, 2016 [–]

Same here and after heavily testing, the old school simple approach is much faster. ORM, you never know how many lines of code are involved.

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