Add a little more discussion at the end.

2026-01-03 23:28:02 +00:00 · 2015-07-13 22:27:58 -05:00
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@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ of _whatever_.
   (0.6ms)  select count(*) from posts where published_at is not null
 => 42
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+
+Writing raw SQL for a simple query like this hardly seems like a win.
+However when a count query starts to involve joins or other fanciness, I
+find it much clearer to reason about the raw SQL.