Comment by erezsh

> I think there is a real risk of it becoming more than just a sugar/ergonomics layer

I'm not sure it's actually a risk. The improvements to optimization in C compilers have benefitted everyone, though it took C a long while to be better at it than humans. I think the same idea applies here, as long as we choose our abstractions and optimizations carefully.

> it reminds me of GraphQL

Good catch, GraphQL has been one of my inspirations.