ReifyDB

Most databases optimize for persistence.
ReifyDB optimizes for live application state.

[raptor.trade @raptor_trade]

Only dudes at the @ns coworking space will understand.

Hint: it’s not for recycling.

Gotta do what you gotta do when you’re pushing raptor[dot]trade for @colosseum.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

New logo for #reifydb.

Cleaner mark. Same obsession:
real-time state, simple primitives, predictable systems.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Building a database business right after reading this is either conviction or brain damage 😂

strong thesis:
the database problem is not only architecture.
It is incentives, margins, switching costs, and who captures the value.

That is exactly why the stack needs rethinking.

#reifydb #database

[Stanislav Kozlovski @kozlovski]

THE BROKEN ECONOMICS OF DATABASES (or, why all databases are doomed to suck)

I cover a very good article by @almoggavra where he explains:

• why infra companies can have absurdly-high gross margins yet still risk bankruptcy
• why moats & unfair advantages (distribution, production) matter
• why competition kills profits
• why companies result to shady tactics to safeguard their revenue
• why software cannot be distinguished from the business (& financials) behind it
• why price isn't everything behind software (hint: switching costs)
• why S3 can promise to solve all of these issues

all that and more in the latest video 👇

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

ReifyDB can now run tests with namespace filtering.

That means you can define tests across different parts of your database, then execute only the ones you care about.

CREATE TEST ns_a::test_one { ... }
CREATE TEST ns_a::test_two { ... }
CREATE TEST ns_b::test_three { ... }

RUN TESTS ns_a
Result:

ns_a::test_one ✅
ns_a::test_two ✅
ns_b::test_three is excluded

I like this because tests start behaving more like real database objects.

Not just “run all tests”.
Not just an external harness.
But targeted, queryable test execution inside the database itself.

Feels especially useful for larger schemas, multi-tenant setups, and staged rollouts.

#reifydb #database #rustlang #buildinpublic

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Happy Holi! 🌈
ReifyDB is built for full-spectrum state: fresh writes, live queries, and always-updating views - so your product stays colorful in real time.
Happy Holi from @reifydb at @ns 🎨

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

What if integration tests were a database primitive?

That’s something I am prototyping at #reifydb

CREATE TEST test::insert {
INSERT test::users [{ id: 99, name: "Ghost" }];
FROM test::users
| FILTER id == 99
| ASSERT { name == "Ghost" };
};

Not a wrapper.

Not a framework.

Not an external runner.

A native test object inside the #database itself, invoked before a schema change, making stored procedures easily testable.

I think this is a missing building block for databases built around live application state.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

@tuakdotsol @claudeai @grok credits to your husband for providing the picture

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Yesterday: #LunarEclipse.
Today: watching teams do "data eclipses" with ETL pipelines. 😅

ReifyDB’s goal is boringly simple: keep the state current so your app never goes dark.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

@vmg As someone who just starts an own database business, I will take your words to heart, thank you.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Imagine a database engine prioritizing new data over old data 🤯
#Postgres #oltp

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Computer Science 101: "Don't build your own database!!! Ever!!"

Translation: accept slow queries, bolt on caches, babysit pipelines, and call it "architecture".

I rejected that.

Databases shouldn't fight developers.
They should model live application state, stay correct as data changes, and be predictable under pressure.

So I am building ReifyDB.

Sometimes the real 10x move isn't scaling your stack, it is questioning why the stack looks that way at all.

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Modern software is constrained by infrastructure that treats application state as a storage problem.
In reality, the challenge is understanding, evolving, and trusting that state as systems grow.

ReifyDB is built on the belief that databases should optimize for reasoning

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

#ReifyDB

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Debug Build - simulates solana transaction - data aggregated in < 1ms - fully transactional. Exploring an use case of ReifyDB. #Solana

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

@_trish_xD why stop at a DB in one file when you can have a whole backend in one file?
ReifyDB = storage, logic, and APIs no containers, no boilerplate, no RAM bonfire #KissorDie

[Superteam Malaysia @SuperteamMY]

🚀 Superteam Malaysia is launching CYPHERthon;
4-week Hackathon in conjunction with @colosseum Cypherpunk Hackkathon to get real MVPs on @solana shipped.

💰 Prize pool: USD 5–10k
👩‍💻 Mentorship, pitch coaching & VC access included.

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/i5mFmvzkkA
*PS: First Come First Serve, teams are limited!

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Stream it, like you mean it #DatabasesCanBeFun

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

@skeptrune Because nobody has heard of the new rising star ReifyDB, yet

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

🛠 Web3 builders — what’s slowing you down?

If you could build dApps faster, what would help the most?

💡 Fewer backend headaches?
🧠 Smarter data storage?
🚀 A programmable DB that feels like Firebase for crypto?
Building @ReifyDB — would love your thoughts.👇

[ReifyDB @reifydb]

Startups win by moving fast.
But we slow ourselves down—drowning in boilerplate, ORMs, and layers of abstraction.
What if your database spoke your app’s logic directly?
What if you could iterate at the speed of thought?

That’s the future ReifyDB is building.
#Database #DevTools