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.

Speedment released version 3.0.1 (codename “Forest”) of their stream-based object-relational mapping (ORM) Java toolkit and runtime application. First introduced in June 2015, Speedment, a portmanteau ...

Note: This excerpt is taken from Chapter 4 of POJOs in Action, from Manning Publications. Every six months, Anne-Marie, who is my dental hygienist, gives me the same lecture on the importance of ...