Thank you for your comment! I think it's actually your very first one on Hacker News, or am I mistaken?

If you run into bugs and want to share them, please just open an issue in the GitRepo's, or send us a message, ... Genesis DB is already being used in production projects, and so far issues that came up have been addressed in newer builds, including performance.

On performance specifically, it would be really helpful to know more about your setup: machine, architecture, how much RAM, ... Performance issues mainly existed in the very early versions, some of which were still SQL wrappers.

On the "one-man show" point: The architecture of your software can allow you to swap out the underlying database system, meaning you're not dependent on anyone. Thanks to CloudEvents, your data remains compatible with other CloudEvents-supporting systems.

In the end, it's up to everyone to decide which software they want to use.