Comment by kingkilr

.defer() and .only(), they're right in the list of methods on Querysets: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/models/querysets/#.... Sorry, but it's a bit hard to take this critique seriously, given how trivial it is. I have a list of complaints about Django's ORM that is about a mile long, so don't think I'll defend it blindly, but let's try to stay grounded in reality when we criticize something.