Why TigerBeetle is the most interesting database in the world
Projects to Know Issue 128Read Now MenuPortfolio SpotlightWhy TigerBeetle is the most interesting database in the worldBy Justin GageShare September 30, 2025By many measures it’s safe to say that TigerBeetle is the most interesting database in the world. Like Costanza in Seinfeld, they seem to do the opposite of everyone else:Most teams write code fast. TigerBeetle tries to write code slow.Most teams treat testing as a necessary evil. TigerBeetle is built entirely on Deterministic Simulation Testing (DST).Most teams build their software on top of loads of other software. TigerBeetle has zero dependencies.There’s even more. TigerBeetle enforces static memory allocation. They keep assertions enabled in production. They chose Viewstamped Replication over Raft, and even Zig…
