I don't think it's abuse, but rather a very appropriate use of ES6 template string functions. I think the point is that you can do: > const kid = sq.from`perso

I don't think it's abuse, but rather a very appropriate use of ES6 template string functions. I think the point is that you can do: > const kid = sq.from`person`.where`age < ${kids_age}` and it will be safe from SQL injection, because `where` is probably defined something like: function where(strings, ...interpolations) { var result = ""; for (var i = 0; i < interpolations.length; i++) { result += strings[i] + this.sql_quote(interpolations[i]); } result += strings[interpolations.length]; return this.add_to_query(result); } EDIT: I agree with your EDIT.