Me, an intellectual: "Yeah, so I prefer to write my own SQL so I know what is going on behind the scenes..."

And then 99% of that hardcore SQL is just:

    INSERT INTO users(name,email,password_hash,address1,address2,postalcode,city,country,created_at,updated_at) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6...)

Yeah, I'll try an ORM next time.