The need for systems capable of adapting to the modern world is highlighted by high-profile outages such as the recent Crowdstrike outage, which had significant financial and operational impacts on various industries. The crisis underscores the limitations of legacy database solutions in delivering global scale and resilience. Despite widespread adoption of cloud technologies, many large enterprises still rely on on-prem data centers and legacy platforms due to the challenges of transitioning off these systems. However, the need for better distributed database systems is accelerating, driven by the growth of generative AI adoption and regulations such as the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act. The current state of resilience in 2025 highlights the urgent need for operational resilience, with many companies not prepared to comply with new regulations and facing significant financial impacts from downtime. To address this, strategies such as AI-driven automation, distributed systems, and proactive resilience testing are being explored.