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<p>Using SQL from other programming languages can prove to be quite the hassle: wrangling the database rows into the host's language types is tedious and error prone, and making sure the application code stays up to date with the ever-changing database schema is just as challenging.</p> <p>To address these developer experience shortcomings ORMs try to shield the developer from ever having to write any SQL at all. This doesn't feel totally satisfying though: as developers we are always keen on using the right language for the job, so what would it look like to fully embrace SQL instead of trying to abstract it away?</p> <p>In this talk we'll look at Squirrel (https://github.com/giacomocavalieri/squirrel), a library that tackles database access in Gleam (https://gleam.run): a functional, statically-typed language. We'll explore how code generation from raw SQL can help bridge the gap between the database and a functional language without compromising on type-safety, performance or developer experience.</p>