sqlalchemy is the best database toolkit for python developers. you can use it as an orm or you can just use its core functionality; write sql expressions in python, define your tables, columns and types. anything you can think of, in terms of dbs, you can do with sqlalchemy.

i'd like to take a moment and thank to @zzeeek [1][2] and all of the contributors.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=zzzeek

[2] https://twitter.com/zzzeek