Comment by whstl

This is interesting.

I completely get why SQL is important and as an user I love it as a language, but as an application writer I have a very complicated relationship with it. It requires either inline SQL (which carries its own security risks and causes a bit of redundancy), or we gotta use complex abstractions on top of it, like ORMs. Tests also require spinning up a database or require some extra machinery.

It feels like we're making our lives more complicated by "requiring" a database to have SQL.

I would be totally ok with adopting a non-SQL relational database with a more structured API in greenfield projects. (Btw I will be definitely checking out your company).