I agree with the article that modern middleware is too fat, and we could make more reliable systems by leaning on a full-featured database. I disagree with the

I agree with the article that modern middleware is too fat, and we could make more reliable systems by leaning on a full-featured database. I disagree with the three reasons he gives for why we have fat middleware today. PostgreSQL solves 1 and 3, and PostgREST solves 2.