The number one thing I like is that the EdgeQL as a language allows to convey clearly what exactly you want from the database. That's kinda a definition of "exp

The number one thing I like is that the EdgeQL as a language allows to convey clearly what exactly you want from the database. That's kinda a definition of "expressiveness" for me. > that don't ever care about the actual query plans and calculus underneath Of course, if you're being paid for this specifically or the nature of your problem domain requires optimization of query plans, you should care. But in vast majority of projects I've participated the database query plans and performance is not a bottleneck at all even remotely. So between "unexpressive and low-level" and "expressive and high-level" it's reasonable to choose tha latter. Also, I have a belief that EdgeDB engine produces much more efficient SQL code than I would write myself, but I can't confirm nor deny that.