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WTF is going on with databases? SpacetimeDB release

Last week SpacetimeDB launched with a controversial video that went viral and spawned a discourse in database world. In this article I explain what's special about SpacetimeDB and why their launch is controversial.

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on March 5, 2026
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    The hardest thing about B2B is that you're often selling to someone who didn't budget for your category. They need the result you provide but never planned to pay for it.

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    The hardest thing about B2B is that you're often selling to someone who didn't budget for your category. They need the result you provide but never planned to pay for it.

    The products that win here usually create a new budget line (by being categorically new) or steal from existing budget by making the ROI comparison obvious. Which of those are you trying to do?

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    Local Python scripts have a structural advantage in the current market: they're immune to the SaaS subscription backlash. No recurring costs, no vendor risk, no data concerns.

    The positioning challenge is that 'script' sounds less polished than 'platform.' Worth double down on the positioning: 'the tool you own, not the subscription you rent.'

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    Local Python scripts have a structural advantage in the current market: they're immune to the SaaS subscription backlash. No recurring costs, no vendor risk, no data concerns.

    The positioning challenge is that 'script' sounds less polished than 'platform.' Worth double down on the positioning: 'the tool you own, not the subscription you rent.'

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