The text discusses the benefits of distributed SQL systems in 2025 and beyond, particularly with CockroachDB as a leader in this transformation. It highlights how traditional relational databases struggle to scale horizontally or tolerate failure across data centers and geographies. Distributed SQL breaks this model, offering elastic scalability, global availability, and unwavering consistency. CockroachDB is designed for the cloud-native world, providing strong ACID transaction guarantees, always-on availability, and global scale with local latency. It also delivers strong consistency without sacrifice, speaking the language developers already know, and supporting sophisticated transactional queries and joins. The database is built for the future of application architecture, trusted by industry leaders, and simplifies operations while reducing total cost of ownership.