If there is one thing computers are in fact bad at, it is understanding intentions, an ORM in many cases is a translation of an intention from one level to another.
In my experience lovingly hand-crafted SQL for your application does not take as long as you think it will and does not subject you to the interpretations of an intermediary. ORMs are useful but there is something to be said for writing the SQL you want to do what you want with a database.
In my experience lovingly hand-crafted SQL for your application does not take as long as you think it will and does not subject you to the interpretations of an intermediary. ORMs are useful but there is something to be said for writing the SQL you want to do what you want with a database.