Why I'm Building a Database Engine in C#

Typhon is an embedded ACID database engine written in .NET targeting sub-microsecond transaction latency for game servers and real-time simulations. The author argues that C#, despite garbage collection concerns, can achieve high-performance database behavior through cache-line-aware storage, zero-copy access patterns, and MVCC snapshot isolation. The project challenges conventional wisdom that managed languages are disqualified from microsecond-latency systems work.