>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.
I believe that was more like the norm 25+ years ago. Before Google and Facebook brought in the move fast and break things mentality across software industry.
Give us 27 years—the company only turned 3 last month, and we designed for 30 :)
To be clear, TB's pretty young, only 3, but Jepsen-tested and already migrating some of the largest brokerages, wealth managements and exchanges in various countries. I'm excited to see what can be done in 27.
Move fast and break things was the Facebook motto. I've never really felt it was a Google embraced concept. What Google's values have always lied with investing heavily on testing to ensure folks can be productive by knowing that if they would break something a test would catch it.
That said it's good to make sure you're building for requirements that exist. Engineers have a habit of inventing requirements and causing delays unnecessarily. Building something and placing it in the hands of users so they can give you feedback which you can react to is far more valuable than building products in a bubble.
I believe that was more like the norm 25+ years ago. Before Google and Facebook brought in the move fast and break things mentality across software industry.
I hope TigerBeetle gets more recognition. Worth reading its Jepsen report as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44199592