Why use an ORM when you can just use straight up SQL in Python?
Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) seem like very useful tools, but unfortunately they can be tricky. Authors like @codinghorror and @martinfowler have given ORMs the fair shake in Object-Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science and OrmHate (seriously, even with those titles). It seems like such a good idea, but adding them to your programs is not trivial.
The thing is, SQL is a really great tool also. Once you learn SQL and know how to avoid SQL-Injection attacks, it turns out that using straight SQL via Python in a driver is a joy. The question should not be: how do we manage objects whose storage layer is a database? The question should be, how do we manage reusable SQL strings in our applications. Hence we set out to write this tool.
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