It will be performing this indirection over localhost. I don't see it as much different from the indirection of SQLAlchemy. Yes, there is the question of parsin

It will be performing this indirection over localhost. I don't see it as much different from the indirection of SQLAlchemy. Yes, there is the question of parsing the GQL and so on, but I think that they're surmountable and fit well within our desired performance budget. Performance is also just one of many reasons why this approach is being considered.