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I was thinking the same thing. There's a giant circle of patting each other on the back every time they roll something out, and always have that very precise di
by redwood 9y ago
I was thinking the same thing. There's a giant circle of patting each other on the back every time they roll something out, and always have that very precise disclaimer that they work for the big G.
Then again, as a meta comment I will point out that the fact that both you and I so clearly notice this suggest that we are following these updates much more closely then most of the folks here.
- stemuk 9y agoTrue, I used to be really interested in Firebase and their set of products. But because of several pretty bad experiences related to vendor lock-in and (very) high prices I switched over to an open source alternative. It might not be so well known, but I found http://www.deepstream.io http://www.deepstream.io to have a relatively similar feature set, without having to deal with bad support (if it bothers you, just fix it yourself) and high prices, since you are the one who picks what suits you best.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 9y agoI'm going to give a shoutout to https://feathersjs.com https://feathersjs.com I have yet to see a platform that's as flexible and robust, with the added bonus of being real-time.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 9y agoI don't think you have to be following these updates very closely to notice.... like me.