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

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)

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