[thisisdave]

I feel like I'm missing something.

I haven't used databases much, but don't most SQL implementations already "figure out" the most efficient way to perform queries? Can't most implementations already perform queries in parallel?

[AaronFriel]

Yes, but this is designed for non-SQL datastores, and arbitrary application code connecting portions of "data acquisition" and "data operation". Imagine if instead of an ORM, you had a single system that weaved together your application code and the database queries, and ensured that where they could execute in parallel, they did.

[thisisdave]

That makes sense. Thanks