Embedding strings of one language in a second language is an anti-pattern.
I've been at a bunch of NYC dev events recently, and people at both Goruco and Percona Live were hating on ORMs. ORMs have gotten really good in the last few years, I think the haters just haven't been using them.
Show developers a good alternative and they will go there. Some of the basic points made in this article ring true, but the suggested alternatives are weak. ARel is a great start to a non-orm database wrapper in Ruby! Somebody just needs to go there.
I've been at a bunch of NYC dev events recently, and people at both Goruco and Percona Live were hating on ORMs. ORMs have gotten really good in the last few years, I think the haters just haven't been using them.
Show developers a good alternative and they will go there. Some of the basic points made in this article ring true, but the suggested alternatives are weak. ARel is a great start to a non-orm database wrapper in Ruby! Somebody just needs to go there.