Good eye :) We have a thin nodejs server too, we use it mainly for the linkedIn login system (since Firebase doesn't do linkedin by itself yet). Firebase is hi

Good eye :) We have a thin nodejs server too, we use it mainly for the linkedIn login system (since Firebase doesn't do linkedin by itself yet). Firebase is highly recommended. We didn't have to deal with creating our own REST server and handling the security of the thing. That too when you want to build a MVP to test the idea quickly.