--- title: Life After SQL (EdgeDB Is Fascinating) | daily.dev description: EdgeDB is a relational database alternative to SQL that offers hierarchal queries, advanced data modeling, and great developer experience. It introduces... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/life-after-sql-edgedb-is-fascinating--qm6u5eumi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Life After SQL (EdgeDB Is Fascinating) | daily.dev og:description: EdgeDB is a relational database alternative to SQL that offers hierarchal queries, advanced data modeling, and great developer experience. It introduces... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/life-after-sql-edgedb-is-fascinating--qm6u5eumi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qm6U5eumi.png og:image:alt: Life After SQL (EdgeDB Is Fascinating) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Life After SQL (EdgeDB Is Fascinating) **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 15 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary EdgeDB is a relational database alternative to SQL that offers hierarchal queries, advanced data modeling, and great developer experience. It introduces features like no null values and uses an empty set to denote the absence of data. EdgeDB is based on PostgreSQL and is 100% open source. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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