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How to Build a Product Loved by Millions and Get Acquired by Google: Firebase
- orionblastar 10y agoWasn't Firebase or Firebird a fork of the Borland Innerbase or whatever database? They could not sell it so they created a free and open source version of it, and then someone ported it to different platforms, etc. It was supposed to compete with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.
- kaisen99 10y agoExcellent article on how to build an actual dev community around a platform. I think my fav takeaway is to be honest with devs, something a lot of platforms tend to fail at, as they tend to focus on how they are the best for all use cases.