This seems to be the holy grail for designing a new database: something with the reliable scalability of a cloud hash DB with the front of a regular SQL. IMO

This seems to be the holy grail for designing a new database: something with the reliable scalability of a cloud hash DB with the front of a regular SQL. IMO it'll never have a regular SQL front-end but would require additional instructions or statements, because it needs to know more about how to shard your particular application.