Start by figuring out a design, then proving the design is at least qualitatively superior. While what they've done has issues, the solution to their problem is not likely an ORM.

What's the difference between Hibernate vs JPA? That's a common question Java developers dabbling on the database side often ask, right up there with difference between Hibernate and JDBC, or how do ...

An object database stores, retrieves, and searches objects directly in the datastore, which could be a good fit for Java applications since no ORM is needed. Unfortunately, today’s object database ...

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