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As a person currently working on a project that uses Firestore (the db component of Firebase), there is one thing - and only one thing - I want. A web GUI for

As a person currently working on a project that uses Firestore (the db component of Firebase), there is one thing - and only one thing - I want. A web GUI for Firestore that lets me work on documents like, idk, any other DBMS GUI would: the ability to select multiple records, and operate on them. That's literally it. I don't need AI, I don't need dark mode, I don't even need MongoDB compatibility. I just want to select multiple documents with my mouse and do things to them.

ohadron 2y ago
That’s actually a good prompt
- bsimpson 2y ago
  "Now that you've been promoted, you don't build CRUD tools anymore. Those are below your level. Instead, you build AI agents that build the CRUD tools."
kfarr 2y ago
I’ve enjoyed firefoo for this
hndamien 2y ago
Have you tried Rowy.io?
- lenerdenator 2y ago
  I've generally looked around. Looking at that, I'm not sure corporate would be down for something like that as a solution for "select multiple documents in a database GUI and operate upon them". Could be wrong though.
jarek-foksa 2y ago
For me the biggest missing block is the text search API. It's ridiculous that you can't add a basic search input to your Firebase-based website unless you use TypeSense, Algolia or some other additional database that you have to manage and keep in sync. Despite all the recent enshitification, I can't think of any alternative solution that would come even close to what Firebase has to offer. Authentication API is especially hard to beat (cheap and very easy to integrate).
beAbU 2y ago
I built exactly this in less than a day using Windsurf. Come up with your data model, explain it to the AI, and tell it to give you a CRUD for it. I'm pretty sure it's perfectly doable to ask it to give you a dynamic crud based on the "shape" of the data in Firestore. Sadly it's an internal tool for work, so I can't share.
miserve 2y ago
Check out fuegoapp.dev — it comes with a bunch of handy tools to manage Firestore and Firebase users

ohadron 2y ago

That’s actually a good prompt

bsimpson 2y ago
"Now that you've been promoted, you don't build CRUD tools anymore. Those are below your level. Instead, you build AI agents that build the CRUD tools."

kfarr 2y ago

I’ve enjoyed firefoo for this

hndamien 2y ago

Have you tried Rowy.io?

lenerdenator 2y ago
I've generally looked around. Looking at that, I'm not sure corporate would be down for something like that as a solution for "select multiple documents in a database GUI and operate upon them". Could be wrong though.

jarek-foksa 2y ago

For me the biggest missing block is the text search API. It's ridiculous that you can't add a basic search input to your Firebase-based website unless you use TypeSense, Algolia or some other additional database that you have to manage and keep in sync. Despite all the recent enshitification, I can't think of any alternative solution that would come even close to what Firebase has to offer. Authentication API is especially hard to beat (cheap and very easy to integrate).

beAbU 2y ago

I built exactly this in less than a day using Windsurf. Come up with your data model, explain it to the AI, and tell it to give you a CRUD for it. I'm pretty sure it's perfectly doable to ask it to give you a dynamic crud based on the "shape" of the data in Firestore. Sadly it's an internal tool for work, so I can't share.

miserve 2y ago

Check out fuegoapp.dev — it comes with a bunch of handy tools to manage Firestore and Firebase users