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The Data Stack Show

122: Why Accounting Needs Its Own Database with Joran Greef of Tiger Beetle

Jan 18, 2023
01:00:16

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Joran’s background leading him from accounting to coding (3:10)
  • What is Tiger Beetle? (5:53)
  • Double-entry accounting and why it is important for a database (12:28)
  • The need for low latency and high throughput (26:27)
  • Why financial database software needs a laser focus (29:01)
  • What are people using to implement a double-entry system? (36:09)
  • Safety in financial software and addressing storage faults (40:26)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (55:52)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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