I couldn't disagree any more, at least in my specific field, where my data is generally static and extremely relational. Writing JS to do what SQL does is... a

I couldn't disagree any more, at least in my specific field, where my data is generally static and extremely relational. Writing JS to do what SQL does is... a pain. But having SQL on both the frontend and backend would dramatically simplify the translation abstractions between the two - for a similar reason that node on the backend simplifies translation abstractions. It ultimately means less code and less thinking.