If I'm understanding the article correctly, VS Code integration is currently all Mallory has, and contrary to popular belief, that's not the only code editor in existence, so it seems like a huge limitation to me. That it apparently just compiles to SQL (I guess? The article seems to imply that's how it works but the README.md on the GitHub repo doesn't seem to mention that it does that that I can find) is another limitation and another check in the "why not just use SQL anyway?" column.

I'm all for a more humane SQL replacement, and maybe this has potential to be one, but right now it seems to be in the stage where it's little more than the code equivalent of a sketchpad doodle. Let's see where it goes.