> If you're not writing SQL, it doesn't mean that you're unable to cover 1% of the queries, it only means that you're leaving 99% of performance on the table.

Honestly? You're spewing bullshit. In most apps most of SQL is trivial. It's typically limited to simple joins (with indexes) with simple filters. Anything more complicated, and it's usually not suitable for OLTP. Heck, all our SQL is linted to not have full-table scans.

This kind of SQL is perfectly auto-generated by ORMs.

Those multi-page queries that required mystic DB knowledge for placing hints, burning incense, and paying $1000 per hour to Oracle consultants? They're entirely useless in modern software stacks. Because you can either keep the entire working set in RAM so these queries can be trivially rewritten, or you just won't use regular SQL for it.

> You can tell a bad programmer by their refusing to use views and materialized views.

You can tell a bad programmer by them using DB in a way that requires materialized views. It typically ends with moving app logic into SQL, and may even lead to "SELECT '<td>' + row.cust_name + '</td>'".