CRUD
CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete — the four basic operations for persistent data that most application APIs and database interactions are built around.
Nearly every data-driven feature maps to CRUD: creating records, reading them back (often with filtering and pagination), updating fields, and deleting. These map naturally to HTTP methods in a REST API.
Hand-writing CRUD endpoints for every table is repetitive and error-prone, which is why auto-generated APIs that derive CRUD from the database schema have become popular.
Good CRUD design also considers validation, access control, and consistency — concerns best enforced close to the data, in the database.
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