Wow, more than a year has passed since the last blog post. Time for an update.
When we started creating fleetdna.com, we iterated quickly using the ORM built into Lift: Mapper. It is a fairly simple (in a good way!) ORM based on the Active Record pattern. It comes with builtin support for things like CRUD screens etc. This allowed us to create functionality fast, essential in a new company trying to get a product to market.
Fast forward a few years. As product complexity grows, the simplicity of Mapper and the tight coupling of data to UI was becoming a burden. It was not possible to create the more advanced queries without running into the N+1 problem. We also needed to present and edit information in the UI which is not directly related to single records. Basically we are moving towards a more task based UI.
Tales from the classpath - Jeppe Nejsum Madsen 