To be fair, I don't think that AutoMapper is necessary; you can always map your DTOs yourself. I would say that if it weren't for the sake of simplicity, I would opt out of using it.
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Do you find benefits to automapper for anything other than basic models given the performance issues?
To be fair, I don't think that AutoMapper is necessary; you can always map your DTOs yourself. I would say that if it weren't for the sake of simplicity, I would opt out of using it.