On: Ruby and the Opposite of Momentum

[neilc]

ORM examples that feature single table selects are unconvincing: the true test of an ORM is whether it can do joins (outer + inner), aggregation, and subqueries. Otherwise it is little more than syntax sugar, IMHO.

[litewulf → neilc]

Honestly, I think the syntax sugar is great because thats what I need the vast majority of the time.

And the scaling aficionados probably prefer single table selects anyway. ;) (Not that it makes a difference given how little traffic my blog gets)