[erdaniels]

Marketing

[robbrown451]

Probably has to do with their decision to name it after the cockroach. I mean, if they had called it MaggotDB or BotFlyDB or TapewormDB, people might find it unappealing.

[ixtli]

Those aren't nearly as resilient though. Now, if you made a version of sqlite that replicated itself inside your program then you could use botfly ...

[fnordsensei]

The successor will have to be named TardigradeDB.

[SEJeff]

You can't even kill it with Boring Company's flamethrower! Tardigrades are virtually indestructible as going into space and coming back won't always kill them.