

the translation step from binary (program) -> text (SQL) -> binary (server)
Your concern about this is misguided. Inter-process communication always has to cross a barrier, by definition.
I take it http also feels wrong to you?
Binary protocols do exist, e.g. gRPC, but they incur costs of their own.
Maybe not. But that was before he was president for four years - fuck, it’s still crazy to think that happened - and really forced people to acknowledge that yeah, he is a pathological liar who doesn’t give a shit about the country.
A lot of people still suck on the tit. But a lot of others recognise that the hot pain comes from getting burned.
You had all the tea party nutters for years - but none of them became president.