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Looks interesting but I think a lot of developers will be leery of trusting their data to another Baas[1] or db-as-a-service because of shutdowns such as Parse.
by jasode 11y ago
Looks interesting but I think a lot of developers will be leery of trusting their data to another Baas[1] or db-as-a-service because of shutdowns such as Parse.
To help alleviate fears of the service disappearing overnight, I'd suggest crafting an "About" page on restdb.io that talks about who the founders are, what the financial backing is, etc.
Open question: what's the prevailing sentiment out there? Would developers feel better about using a db-as-a-service from GoogleCompute/AmazonAWS/MSAzure because it would be one offering in their cloud portfolio that probably won't go away? Or do they find features of resdbi.io (e.g. Excel-like-data-as-a-service) very enticing and worth the risks?
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_backend_as_a_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_backend_as_a_service
- callmeed 11y agoTo answer your question, YES, I am leary of using startup BaaS offerings. I will either roll my own in Rails or using something from a public company. However, I did not look at this service and immediately think of it as a mobile backend. To me, it looks more like a modern MS Access–a place where people graduate to from the spreadsheet world.