Ive been wondering for a while now -- tell me, do we really need specialized server logic for every little functionality?

In my last project, almost half the server code is really just converting REST to SQL. Why don't we just use SQL on the client directly?

If its just about authorisation, why not write an auth system for SQL and be done with all this unnecessary server code, once and for all?

I mean graphql sounds so stupid in this context because it's just cruft over SQL.