> This is compounded by the standardized SQL-centric database driver APIs like ODBC and JDBC. The criticality of JDBC/ODBC as a platform can't be understated.

> This is compounded by the standardized SQL-centric database driver APIs like ODBC and JDBC. The criticality of JDBC/ODBC as a platform can't be understated. The JDBC API is the dominant platform for data access libraries. Compare number of drivers for JDBC, ODBC, go/sql, etc. Newer platforms like Arrow ADBC/FlightSQL are better-suited to high-volume, OLAP style data queries we're seeing become commonplace today but the ecosystem and adoption haven't caught up. https://arrow.apache.org/adbc/current/index.html https://arrow.apache.org/adbc/current/index.html https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/FlightSql.html https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/FlightSql.html