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sqlite-utils isn't (yet) a dependency of Datasette.
The goal with sqlite-utils isn't to build an ORM - that .rows_where() method is definitely the most ORM-like piece of it, and it's purely there as a SQL-builder - it was a natural extension of the .rows property, which grew extra features (like order_by) over time as they were requested by users, eg https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/76
The vast majority of the library is aimed at making getting data IN to SQLite as easy as possible. Datasette is mainly about executing SELECT queries, and I found myself writing a lot of code to populate those database files - which grew into a combination library and CLI tool.
So yeah - I don't use the rows_where() feature much in my own code - I tend to use db.query() directly - but I've evolved the method over time based on user feedback. I don't have particularly strong opinions about it one way or the other.
I recently started looking into the most mature SQL database for the browser. My goal was similar, to be able take data as json or HTTP responses or csv or whatever and be able to pass then through a SQL engine with the user providing custom code/data the whole way.
Turns out the most mature JavaScript database is SQLite ported to webassembly: https://github.com/sql-js/sql.js.
Based on that research, I wrote a bit about running SQL and other languages entirely in the browser here: https://datastation.multiprocess.io/blog/2021-06-16-language...