[Izkata]

> Putting the FROM first isn't sufficiently compelling on its own.

Personally I see that as not even neutral, it's a downside. Optimizing for autocomplete is an antipattern, code is read far more often that it's written and the SELECT clause is the interface to the following code. It should be easy to find when skimming, not buried in the query.

The SELECT clause is also akin to an assignment and it's extremely rare I see anyone advocating flipping the order of those to match what they say they want in SQL.

Edit: Since I'm sure someone is going to jump on it, yes, I'm conflicted about the WITH clause: It's extremely useful and I like what it does, so I do use it, but I don't like where it's positioned. I've been toying with indentation to work around it so SELECT is still just as visible as otherwise.