I've added a clarification in the post to make my position explicit:

> This is not to imply that we should get rid of SQL or get rid of query planning entirely. Rather, more explicit planning would be an additional tool in database user’s toolbelt.

I'm not sure if there was some specific part of the blog post that made you think I'm against automatic query planning altogether; if there was, please share that so that I can tweak the wording to remove that implication.