[kapilvt]

Sqlalchemy in general is great but the data class integration feels non pythonic to me, due perhaps to catering first to the typing crowd instead of the ergonomic one.

[noufalibrahim]

I felt that too but over time decided that it compromised the theoretical pythonicity for the practical compromise of being flexible enough to work properly with SQL.

One other reason for its popularity and success is how engaged the orginal developer is with the overall community.