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		genericlemon24 on Aug 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write an SQL query builder in 150 lines of Python I wrote an entire article about why I didn't do that: https://death.andgravity.com/own-query-builder#sqlalchemy-co... In general, SQLAlchemy is an excellent choice; in my specific case (single dev with limited time), the overhead would be too much (even with my previous experience with it).

mynameismon on Aug 27, 2021 | [–]

A curious question: why not Python's built in Sqlite3 package [0]?

[0] https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html

genericlemon24 on Aug 27, 2021 | | [–]

I am using exactly that; the query builder goes on top of it :)

hownottowrite on Aug 27, 2021 | [–]

That’s a great article and a good way to go.

genericlemon24 on Aug 28, 2021 | [–]

Thank you!

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