I felt the same way and that’s why I built Warthog - https://warthog.dev. It’s a Node.js code-first GraphQL framework written in TypeScript that utilizes both TypeORM and TypeGraphQL under the hood. You add your resolvers and data models, add Warthog’s decorators and you get an auto-generates GraphQL schema complete with sorting, filtering and pagination. It’s also built to be flexible, as auto-generated GraphQL APIs typically limit your flexibility. Check it out - seems to check your boxes.