This is definitely the same sort of take we have at StarTree (Apache Pinot, but equivalent to the Clickhouse story you have above). We're working now on making sure StarTree is compliant with PromQL (we just demoed this at Current 2024), plus also TraceQL and LogQL. Because, not surprisingly, query semantics actually matter!
https://thenewstack.io/reimagining-observability-the-case-fo...