Oh, I've tried many of them.

If one is willing to accept their highly opinionated (and in many cases mistaken/misinformed) approach to relational data, they can produce results -- just not the best results.

The problem is that they try to make something (SQL) that is all about Boolean logic and set theory into a class hierarchy that developers can use without having to understand SQL.

This leads to all kinds of unnatural, untidy, contorted, poor performing, and completely unnecessary code bloat that then has to be maintained forever.

It also shifts more and more processing away from the RDBMS where it's supposed to happen and into the service layer.

But it works. Kinda.

I really enjoy your writing and agree wholeheartedly with 99% of it. On this, I must disagree.