I'm the guy in that tweet and this is welcome news. The reason firebase+angular gets me so excited is because it's the perfect pairing between a framework that

I'm the guy in that tweet and this is welcome news. The reason firebase+angular gets me so excited is because it's the perfect pairing between a framework that has two-way binding and a backend that supports real-time updating. Not having to worry about asking the server for updates or having to update the dom myself reduces a lot of headaches.