The short version
A lightweight .NET object mapper for executing SQL and mapping results.
From the HackerLinks archive
Dapper
A lightweight .NET object mapper for executing SQL and mapping results.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-08-24
Last seen:2026-08-24
Times seen:1
Website:github.com
Why it caught our attention
A user praised how simply it handles raw SQL and mixed result sets.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-08-24
“Dapper in .net is fantastic to deal with raw sql, to the point I think I’m delusional because it’s so damn simple to send outrageous queries to the database and have those multiple mixed results turned into objects very simply.”
grebc · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
Things I want in a modern relational query language
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Against SQL
Things I want in a modern relational query language
2026-08-24