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Firebase expands to become a unified app platform

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Re: Firebase expands to become a unified app platform

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hackergary wrote: post #56
mayop100 wrote: post #4

(firebase founder here) I’m thrilled to finally be able to show everyone what we’ve been working on over the last 18 months! When I said “big things are coming” in the HN comments back when our acquisition was announced, I was talking about today : ) We’re really excited about these new products. There are some big advances on the development side, with a new storage solution, integrated push messaging, remote config…

As a mobile (web) developer. How well does it work with React Native, and compare with Realm JS and the new Horizon from RethinkDB?

For React Native, we're working on updating our libraries as soon as possible. I haven't worked with Horizon, so I can't provide thoughts there.

Re: Firebase expands to become a unified app platform

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Post by velohx »

plexicle wrote: post #9
mayop100 wrote: post #4

(firebase founder here) I’m thrilled to finally be able to show everyone what we’ve been working on over the last 18 months! When I said “big things are coming” in the HN comments back when our acquisition was announced, I was talking about today : ) We’re really excited about these new products. There are some big advances on the development side, with a new storage solution, integrated push messaging, remote config…

Hello there. I love Firebase. Use it every day. The one big request I've always had was to be able to grab the client's IP address on request. Is that possible with this new Firebase and GCE integration? I have many Firebase apps. Most of them have an intermediate server solely for this one reason.

That's a feature I would also really like.

I also use an intermediate server (ipify.org) to get the IP address. The only reason I need the IP address is to throttle users. If adjustable throttling was baked into the platform and not require me to write logic to handle it, that would be sweet too.

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blizkreeg wrote: post #41
mayop100 wrote: post #21

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Yeah, sorry about that! We're working to get more capacity ASAP. The response has been incredible.

I'm actually not seeing my current projects at https://console.firebase.google.com/ and I have two (one sandbox, one prod). Is this due to the over-capacity? They're just not listed under "Projects using Firebase".

Can you email me at andrew at firebase dot com and we'll take a look?

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Post by ianbarber »

timjver wrote: post #44

I love Firebase, but the Swift code in the iOS guide is of really low quality. For example ( https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/ios/save-data#dele... ): if currentData.value != nil, let uid = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid { var post = currentData.value as! [String : AnyObject] var stars : Dictionary stars = post["stars"] as? Dictionary ?? [:] // ... } What this should really be: guard let post = currentData…

Great suggestion! Pull requests welcome as well if you have time: https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-ios/blob/master/datab...

Re: Firebase expands to become a unified app platform

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robotnoises wrote: post #53

I don't think it was explicitly mentioned in the keynote, but it looks like they updated pricing: https://firebase.google.com/pricing/ Can't find the old pricing now, but it seems similar, but with less plan types.

Yes! We updated our pricing. We have fewer plan types (just 3 now), and now have a pay-as-you-go plan which is designed for maximum flexibility. This pricing is cheaper for almost every developer.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

velohx wrote: post #57
mybigsword wrote: post #40

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I cannot agree with that. Google Cloud services are way too small comparing to AWS or Azure and they don't make a lot of money with it. They can discontinue it easily.

This is sarcasm, right? Here's some more equivalent sarcasm: Gmail and Google Search could discontinue easily.

Search, hardly. But Gmail? What happens when Google decides they're not monetizing Gmail sufficiently and force everyone to Inbox? What then!
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