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+"groqd": minor
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+Feature: Simplified APIs
+
+We removed irrelevant methods from the root `q` object, and from query chains.
+This improves auto-complete and API discoverability, and reduces confusion.
+
+- The root `q` object no longer exposes irrelevant chaining methods.
+  - E.g. we removed: `q.filter(...)`, `q.deref()`, `q.field(...)`, etc.
+- Query chains no longer expose irrelevant top-level utilites.
+  - E.g. we removed  `(chain).star`, `(chain).conditional(...)`, `(chain).select(...)`, `(chain).value(...)`, etc.
+- The subquery in a projection no longer exposes irrelvant chaining methods.
+  - E.g. with `.project(sub => ({ ... }))` we removed: `sub.filter(...)`, `sub.order(...)`, etc.
+ 
+> Backwards compatibility: we only removed methods that created invalid GROQ queries,
+> so this change should be backwards compatible.