It sounds like the author is unhappy with the fact that web apps have a middle layer that speaks with the database over a terminal emulation. Ignoring the fact

It sounds like the author is unhappy with the fact that web apps have a middle layer that speaks with the database over a terminal emulation. Ignoring the fact that it happens to make a very nice boundary for an abstraction layer... > Databases only talk custom binary TCP protocols, not HTTP. Not REST I take it the author hasn't heard of SCIM?