Comment by arkh

Soooooo, my "totally in the works" post about how direct connection to your RDMS is the next API may not be so tongue in cheek. No rest, no graphQL, no http overhead. Just plain SQL over the wire.

Authentication? Already baked-in. Discoverability? Already in. Authorization? You get it almost for free. User throttling? Some offer it.

Caching is for weak apps.