> r.table('users').filter(function(user){ > return user('signup_date').gt(signupFilter); > }).run(function(err, user){

Whenever I see one of those "awesome" no-SQL queries, I can't help but think about how ugly and bulky they are compared to SQL.

Or compared knex.js for node:

select().from('users').where('signup_date', '>', signupFilter)

It supports promises. What's wrong with that?