ActiveRecord ORM Debate
Cluster centers on debates about Ruby on Rails' ActiveRecord ORM, questioning if it's an anti-pattern, praising its ease for simple cases, criticizing it for complex queries, and comparing to alternatives like Ecto or raw SQL.
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What's Active Record and why is it an anti pattern?
Have you tried Ruby on Rails' ActiveRecord? I like it! It's easy to use and easy to integrate with "raw sql" if needed.
Which, really, should be "ActiveRecord is an anti-pattern"
Every ORM except Active Record is awful. Active Record is amazing.
Any specific code examples you'd like to share where you thought ActiveRecord was inferior to the alternative you provided?
There are very few situations where you'd need or want ActiveRecord to step out of the way, and in general Rails does a lot more for you.
Isn't this exactly what Active Record in Rails does?
ActiveRecord is terrible for any kind of complex database work. If your data models are simple or you decide to shoehorn your entire data model into an "object" representation then ActiveRecord will allow you to work, but if you need to run queries like "return every product that represents less than 2% of total revenue for the last year excluding products purchased by our top 10 most profitable clients" ActiveRecord is going to give you a very inefficient solution where you&
Have you worked with ActiveRecord or Ecto? Just wondering for framing your comment
Reminds me of how ActiveRecord works in Rails