ORMs?<p>Am I alone when I say that I still hand code SQL into my applications?<p>Regardless of what web framework I&#x27;m using (e.g. Pylons&#x2F;Rails&#x2F;Django&#x2F;etc), I still hand code SQL statement in my applications.<p>I&#x27;ve had far to many times ORMs unexpectedly nuke performance and have other issues than what&#x27;s it&#x27;s worth gaining by using an ORM.