I think maybe the ORM is being put forth as the good approach. In the 'simple is better than complex' section using the ORM was the 'complex' solution and usin

I think maybe the ORM is being put forth as the good approach. In the 'simple is better than complex' section using the ORM was the 'complex' solution and using json was the 'simple' solution. In 'complex is better than complicated' the ORM is still the 'complex' solution, but that wins over the 'complicated' manual SQL solution.