I feel like SQL is in general "Misunderstood". How often did I see application developers put the same principles and design patterns onto an sql database like

I feel like SQL is in general "Misunderstood". How often did I see application developers put the same principles and design patterns onto an sql database like they do in js or c# or rust. They use functions to encapsulate functionality, write sequential code, use cursors where not needed. Then the language is blamed for not performing well or yielding different results than expected. Some points in this article are valid but I think the main issue is the general notion sql would be like javascript or c#. It is not, it is very different and needs a deep understanding, including the works of the underlying dbms, to perform well. I guess i'm just not a fan of throwing new languages and tools at problems we identify, which seems to be a trend nowadays.