Show HN: EdgeDB – Next generation database
I'm a pretty experienced Data Engineer working at one of the bigger data companies around.  I read your copy and landing page, here's what I took away:<p>1) New database product that's an alpha.  My first thought is "will be interesting to follow for 5 years to see if they make it".  database choice is possibly the single biggest decision I make in my role; I don't make it lightly.<p>2) It looks like it's trying to bridge the NoSQL/SQL gap -- more consistent for SQL fans, more flexible for NoSQL fans.  (My judgement: "serving 2 masters is not a great signal for me to choose this DB" but I'm a SQL curmudgeon.)<p>3) GraphQL is really neat out of the box.  Some neat features overall.<p>And, finally, I'm still not really sure what situation could possibly arise that would make me choose this DB, mostly because that choice isn't something I'd select a <5 year old solution for.<p>I do like that it's based on Postgres (Citus taught me how powerful the "build on pg" model can be).  I really like the graphql and schema introspection features.  I don't think I would put this on my vendor/technology comparison matrix.<p>Hope this is helpful, please don't read too much into the negative stuff -- if I were choosing any other technology pillar besides a db, I wouldn't be nearly as strict.  It's an uphill climb for your team, but I wish you the best of luck!