A good and easy to use active record database library

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InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads
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Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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  1. Propel

    Propel2 is an open-source high-performance Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for modern PHP

    Look at Propel2 ORM - https://github.com/propelorm/Propel2. It’s in beta, but built on stable 1.x.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. active-record

    Active Record pattern implementation

  4. mailanes

    Smart E-mail Delivery System (helps me manage subscribers to my blog and send them monthly newsletters)

    Since I am not the inventor of this idea, I think it would be better to provide an example without any mispresentation from my side. Check this out: https://github.com/yegor256/mailanes/blob/master/objects/list.rb . A perfectly valid object which actually incapsulates DB operations.

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