I think FQL looks super promising, especially for the joins and slightly more complex SQL features. As someone who really doesn't like writing SQL but also doesn't want to be too limited by an ORM, FQL looks like an amazing tool to pick up!

It's a shame that you have to spend a minimum of $500/month to get backup/restore...which is a basic need for any production workload.

This is interesting. Do you find this simpler?