I would argue that databases tried to do too much for too long. If you want a database that has a built in web server, rest apis, security, etc...well Oracle ha

I would argue that databases tried to do too much for too long. If you want a database that has a built in web server, rest apis, security, etc...well Oracle has had that for years. Problem was, that wasn't what people wanted (or wanted to pay for). The more recent trends have been to decompose the database into something that is great at storing and retrieving data...leaving all of the other stuff to products that do that well.