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For my typing SaaS, I found firebase hosting/realtime DB a ginormous time saver. And since it hasn't taken off (and probably won't ever), it just costs me a pe
by 0xdba 5y ago
For my typing SaaS, I found firebase hosting/realtime DB a ginormous time saver.
And since it hasn't taken off (and probably won't ever), it just costs me a pennies a month since I'm under their free limits, plus the domain.
- darkhorse13 5y agoBut you should be careful if it actually does takeoff. Firebase is freaking amazing, but the pricing can get crazy expensive.
- elitan 5y agoI also tested Firebase but quickly ran into issues. Firebase's database is a NoSQL database, whereas almost all my data for the apps and (micro-)SaaS I was building had relational data. Their frontend data fetching felt clunky and did not fit my requirement. Also, the fact that Firebase is a closed-source backend felt scary in the hands of Google (https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/). Firebase's problems and my desire to have the perfect backend made me build an open-source alternative to fix all the shortcomings. PostgreSQL instead of NoSQL. GraphQL instead of REST. 100% open source. That is now https://nhost.io https://nhost.io.
- darkhorse13 5y agoThanks for sharing. On first impressions, I found Nhost's product to be really cool, so much so that I actually applied for the open position of Product Designer [Tahmid].
- 0xdba 5y agoThat is a problem I'd love to have.