> But after some meditation on the matter, we’ve reasoned that ORMs do not suck. They are simply an abstraction with a quintessential pro and con—they abstract away some visibility and occasionally incur some performance hits. That’s about it.
This isn't an insight. Yes, everything is a tradeoff, but that doesn't mean all tradeoffs are equal.
The higher the ratio of abstracted away complexity to the simplicity of an interface, the better the abstraction. For ORMs, this ratio is low. They abstract away very little and present a huge interface.
This isn't an insight. Yes, everything is a tradeoff, but that doesn't mean all tradeoffs are equal.
The higher the ratio of abstracted away complexity to the simplicity of an interface, the better the abstraction. For ORMs, this ratio is low. They abstract away very little and present a huge interface.