Permazen: a different persistence layer for Java
Oh lord this looks terrible. Let&#x27;s reinvent a bunch of wheels and maim the database and end up with.. I don&#x27;t know exactly what, even after reading the page for over 5 minutes.<p>I&#x27;ve tried various Java persistence technologies but this one is proving a hard sell to me. I&#x27;m currently using jOOQ which has a different philosophy, it embraces SQL and brings it closer to Java and frankly, I&#x27;m very happy with it. And sure, JPA does a few things wrong (as the Permazen comparison points out) but from what I&#x27;m reading I&#x27;d still rather use it over Permazen.<p>The project used to be called JSimpleDB and it should have kept that name IMHO since very simple applications for developers unfamiliar with SQL may be one of the few valid niches for it.