If all you do is CRUD then fine. However databases are meant to do so much more than that. SQL means structured query language, it supports and enables complex

If all you do is CRUD then fine. However databases are meant to do so much more than that. SQL means structured query language, it supports and enables complex queries. You could argue all those queries can be done in code and you'd be right, while paying the price of inefficient big data transfers and duplicating logic in possibly quite slower ways.