What about CQL? The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is the best way to work with Cassandra. It resembles SQL on first glance, however the resemblance is very shallow. CQL queries are tightly bound to the way Cassandra accesses its data internally. For example, you can't have even the smallest join. In fact, adding a mere ... AND non_indexed_column=1 into a WHERE clause is already invalid CQL. Our g