"...we discovered a 5,800-line SQL query..."

Only skimmed the article, but this question came to mind:

If your database API generates a 5800-line query for a common use case, isn't that a flaw in the API?

Given this data, I'd advise anyone planning to use this framework to instead consider avoiding it and using a better API or even writing SQL manually if necessary.

Dang it, I was hoping that some poor fool had actually written a working (albeit poorly performing) 5,800 line query. But nooooooo.... some weird beard code generator wrote it. That's not quite the multi-car pile-up I was hoping for.