Counterpoint: Databases often outlive applications. Database features usually do what they do very quickly and reliably. Used well, a full-featured database ca

Counterpoint: Databases often outlive applications. Database features usually do what they do very quickly and reliably. Used well, a full-featured database can make things like in-place refactors or re-writes of your application layer far easier, make everyday operation much safer, as well as making it much safe & useful to allow multiple applications access to the same database, which can be very handy for all kinds of reasons. > While many of these are neat, good engineering practice is to make the simplest thing to get the job done. That, or, use the right tool for the job.