ORMs are one of the main tools to put first-class data access in the hands of non-SQL-loving developers,

and even for those who do love SQL, making them way more productive.

When you hear about ORMs and Python, we often hear about either SQL Alchemy or Django ORM,

and we should, they're great.

But there are newer ORMs that take better advantage of modern Python. On this episode,

you'll meet Daniel Townsend. He's the creator of Piccolo ORM. A great ORM that is async-first,

but also has a synchronous API. It has a super clean query syntax, and it's easy to learn. This

is Talk Python to Me, episode 328, recorded July 22nd, 2021.

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