This is not dis-similar to what Strapi.io does, although I don't think they realize that's a big selling point from their marketing materials. With strapi you

This is not dis-similar to what Strapi.io does, although I don't think they realize that's a big selling point from their marketing materials. With strapi you configure your DB and get code generated in JS that supports a standard CRUD REST API. If you want to add business logic, you can override any particular endpoint you want. Their docs even come with the default implementation for easy copy/paste. I would love to see research in this space continue, I think it's the future of bringing non-technical people into the product development process (if you can understand building a workflow with Excel/Google Sheets/Airtable, you can understand building an API). I'm excited to check out your project.