The principle is that you should be using the underlying API if something is already solved on a lower level, and not replicate the functionality on a higher level, because it will perform poorly. There was a reason why the lower level API exists in the first place.

This applies to graphics programming very well, its not a question that you wouldn't be making your own pixel rasterizer instead of using DX, OpenGL or Vulkan, for example.

The big recognition is that when doing business apps, SQL database functionality is the underlying API, and you should prefer using that.