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…except that this just has just become an open-source API that is self-hosted?

• xd1936 11y ago
  Luckily, this time. Not all startups who provide a service like this may choose to do the same when they implode.
  • disbelief 11y ago
    Also many (the majority?) of Parse users signed up with them so that they wouldn't have to self host anything.
    • malka 11y ago
      yes. Meaning there is a market to fill. Too small to be of interest to Facebook, but I'm sure people will build business upon the open source server.
    • abiox 11y ago
      using a service and using open source/open standards/etc aren't mutually exclusive things.
• rokhayakebe 11y ago
  ...except being able to integrate with an API does not mean you have the ability to self host, run, and maintain the product.
  • zenojevski 11y ago
    If you can't self-host because you don't have the ability to, but can't use cloud services either because they could shut down, what alternatives do remain?
    • nawazdhandala 11y ago
      I think use an open source platform which has both self-hosted and managed as options. So when managed shuts down, You can self host it. I'm the founder of CloudBoost.io - and We're an alternative to Parse. We're both on Docker (Self-hosted) and Managed at CloudBoost.io
    • rokhayakebe 11y ago
      Not betting on just anybody who launches.
• Thaxll 11y ago
  The point was to not host yourself the backend app. So yes it's nice to get a "replacement" but still...