It might be the problems I solve, or the way I think about them, but I think it&#x27;s about 50&#x2F;50 whether the ORM is helpful or in the way. Very often I just want the ORM to go away because I know what I&#x27;m doing and the ORM doesn&#x27;t<p>I do like sqlx, it seems to hit a balance that works for me. I get to write the SQL and structs come out.