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Is it correct to say that EdgeDB is an attempt to make Postgres better in terms of query language and abstractions? By "better" I mean the idea of being more flexible and convenient for users and generating efficient SQL for them?

Could you clarify why the benchmarks show lower performance than vanilla Postgres? Is it because of less efficient generated SQL? (I am not a database engineer and probably missing something obvious)

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Yes, one of the main goals of EdgeDB is to provide improved ergonomics and productivity through a modernized data model and query language. And do that without a significant performance cost.

Lower performance in benchmarks is explained by an I/O bottleneck in the EdgeDB server, the queries are not less efficient. There will be performance improvements in subsequent releases.

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