I think SQL is good at what it was meant to do back in the 1980s. Kind of the same way C was for systems programming, and is still good for many things today.

I think SQL is good at what it was meant to do back in the 1980s. Kind of the same way C was for systems programming, and is still good for many things today. In those two instances I mentioned, there's this weird ideology usually in the form of "just learn SQL/Verilog/thing here" -- while ignoring basic inefficiencies of those languages. No one bothers to say "Just learn C and all your problems will be solved" because I think everyone understands all the inefficiencies that C has. Though there are other proponents of other languages/frameworks that take this tack.