I get where they are coming from though. Even best case, a db call will add more latency than a getter/setter. They might also be missing the types (depending o

I get where they are coming from though. Even best case, a db call will add more latency than a getter/setter. They might also be missing the types (depending on what functional language it is). In general, I find that complicated systems with no owner (i.e. legacy systems) are much easier to understand if they're not constantly calling out to other systems like databases.