> We were relying on a lot of free technology. We’re gonna continue to have free hosting. Google gave us $100,000 grant in credits. So, that was gonna be our la

> We were relying on a lot of free technology. We’re gonna continue to have free hosting. Google gave us $100,000 grant in credits. So, that was gonna be our largest non people expense. So, that’s definitely reducing a lot of risk. Interesting. Why would Google do this? Is it a bet that Hackernoon will get big enough that having them locked in to Firebase will pay off in the end?