[chuckadams]

You're preaching to the choir here: I much prefer datamapper ORMs when I even want an ORM at all (I'm not quite the OOP astronaut I once was). I'm saying AR's poor design isn't a noticeable drag in small scopes, especially for short-lived models whose only purpose is to populate a view. It's like having really fancy DTOs, and keeping them in the DTO bin is what keeps you from getting stuck with all the sharp spikes. Life can be comfy in a minefield when you have a map and don't wander too much :)