I am a huge fan of CockroachDB. Using it in two projects currently and it’s been fantastic. Having a SQL interface to FDB would be the glue needed to integrate FDB into many domains as a viable solution. FDB has solid k/v interfaces now, handles clustering and failures, adding a SQL layer increases its potential utility and lowers the bar for many users. To your point about slow and unpredictable sure that can be an issue - perhaps a limited SQL interface INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT to start. Make it dirt simple to do CRUD ops.