Yup, that was my first thought too. But you kind of need to know SQL to really figure out the current API, so maybe moving closer to that isn't a bad idea. In any case, you only need to know the <i>idea</i> of SQL, really, since chainable scopes let you go wild with where().joins().where().where() and you don't have to worry about syntax or aliasing.<p>You can still use find() through 3.1 (so for at least a number of months I'd expect). At that point, they'll offer backwards compatibility via a plugin, so no worries.