[hp]ugSQL seems to have been inspired by[1] Yesql, a library with ``a similar take on using SQL'' that has also inspired this[2] rom-rb adapter; not a Ruby guy so there may be something a lot better/closer, but this is what I came up with after a couple minutes of searching.

[1] https://www.hugsql.org/#faq-yesql

[2] https://github.com/rom-rb/rom-yesql (documentation: https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rom-yesql)