> CRUD apps ... don’t stretch your architectural skills, they don’t stretch your systems skills, nor your language skills. then > This is because most CRUD ap

> CRUD apps ... don’t stretch your architectural skills, they don’t stretch your systems skills, nor your language skills. then > This is because most CRUD applications generally boil down to ... 2) SQL and DB architecture, ... Hmm? Do CRUD apps, in your opinion, involve architecture or not? I can't tell what your position is. In any case, CRUD is generally used to mean "RESTful", which basically means you have an HTTP API on top of the app. Some cases I've seen started with trivial underlying NoSQL DBs, and then grew insanely complex. That's architecture right there. Even if you start with SQL, if you don't know the language and how to model the data effectively, then chances are you'll end up in a world of hurt.