Well, most people working on a car don’t have a car lift: it only makes sense when you need to safely work on a large volume of cars. If you only work on one or two, a jack and a pile of wood works just fine.
Please don't move the goal post. Writing `no database ”just works” without (...)` is gatekeeping behavior, creating an image of complexity that for most use cases - especially for those starting out - just doesn't exist.
I have no clue about Elasticsearch, so you might be right – but on the other hand, you just contradicted your own statement about how difficult databases are, so I have no idea which of your statements I should trust.
Then maybe you shouldn’t make a single statement about all means of transportation, claiming that you needed to be horse whisperer to ride any kind of bike, car, train, ship or plane.
