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Sure if you don't need to build an ecosystem, don't need introspection and can forgo integration, sql is indeed easy.

Also, SQLA proves that an ORM doesn't have to prevent you from getting an efficient solution, you just have to offer several layers of granularity.

Eventually, it's not an or proposition. In django you do use raw sql when you need so. but your auth system doesn't, and a plugin will solve it for you.