[ericHosick]

> using the ORM that everyone else is familiar with

A relational database isn't always fronted by the same tech. You have RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, Low Code/No Code Solutions (like Retool), reporting tools, ETL systems, etc.

You have company mergers where that one familiar ORM is now five to six unfamiliar ORMs.

Ensuring data integrity is key and easiest way to do that is to push constraints as close to the persistence layer as possible.