You're an oracle man, right? Oracle has JSON_TABLE to alleviate the JSON weirdness, I think.

Postgres has the same functionality, but not yet those JSON_TABLE API/functions (that the SQL Standard prescribes). That JSON_TABLE work (for postgres) is largely done, although not yet committed. Somewhat understandably, there seems to be a lack of interest: most DBAs look down a bit upon the strangeness of JSON data type, and prefer tables of more conventional data types. I take it that in the oracle-world there is the same reluctance towards this encroachment of NoSQL-y types. I feel the same reluctance myself.