The syntax of GraphQL drives me utterly mad. I feel like there’s two approaches that one could take to approach queries: a series of programming commands (the

The syntax of GraphQL drives me utterly mad. I feel like there’s two approaches that one could take to approach queries: a series of programming commands (the way most ORMs work), or an attempt at “plain language” (SQL and GraphQL). Both approaches are fine, but if one wanted to take the latter approach… why not just use the syntax of SQL? It’s better in every conceivable way that GraphQL, equally legible but much more powerful. GraphQL is idiot baby talk, I’m baffled by why we have to waste time dumbing down expressions for no clear payoff.