Of course all things change if you need uber-security... but then you've got a people problem, not a technical problem, because all the evidence is that uber-security is broken from within.

If a DBA (or anyone) can demonstrate that hand-crafted code performs better than generated code, it's an everything problem.

And for that matter, whether it's a people problem or technology problem, it's still a problem. Technology doesn't live in a vacuum.