I feel like a foreigner in another land when I read your comment and others like it. For as long as I can remember using SQL, I can't remember ever finding it more difficult or backwards than anything else I use.
That difference might go some way towards explaining why I prefer a much more database heavy/thick approach to writing apps than my peers.
That difference might go some way towards explaining why I prefer a much more database heavy/thick approach to writing apps than my peers.