The desire for the object mapping (to pure objects, not db-aware objects), while having an aversion to query building APIs led me to use https://github.com/crai

The desire for the object mapping (to pure objects, not db-aware objects), while having an aversion to query building APIs led me to use https://github.com/craigmichaelmartin/pure-orm https://github.com/craigmichaelmartin/pure-orm - where native, unobstructed SQL is written in a "data access layer", which returns pure "business objects" to be used in the app's business layer.