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When I worked with Josh Eichorn a couple of years ago, we were designing the framework that our company's software was built on. I wanted to move more toward a Repository style architecture instead of interacting directly with the database via streamlined a DAO. Josh argued at the time that dealing directly with the database was a better option. It removed a layer of complexity and he could go to the bookstore down the street and pick one of a few hundred books on SQL off of the shelf and give it to someone new to bring them up-to-speed on how to access the system. As an added bonus, you have all of the power of SQL at your fingertips whenever you need to do something complex. His argument won me over, and until this past week I've viewed that as probably the most sane way to go.