Show HN: Announcing the FaunaDB Add-On for Netlify
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#3I wish they had an option between free and $45/month. I want to deploy a tiny client side js app that requires http auth. I would rather netlify than a VPS, but not at $45.
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#4I wish they had an option between free and $45/month. I want to deploy a tiny client side js app that requires http auth. I would rather netlify than a VPS, but not at $45.
Completely agree.
We use netlify a lot and don't pay, we'd happily pay if there was a reasonable middle way.
Re: Show HN: Announcing the FaunaDB Add-On for Netlify
#5Hi there! I'm Lewis, a PM at Fauna.
We built this Add-on so that any developer using FaunaDB and Netlify can come up with an idea and launch it super quickly, by simply focusing on the front-end.
If you’re a Netlify user who has never heard of FaunaDB and want to add a database to your app, we’re the only database with a direct Add-on. FaunaDB a perfect choice for developers who don’t know much about databases, or would rather not worry about such details :)
Users can now create an account and login to FaunaDB with their Netlify account credentials, using a new OAuth login option. Databases created via the Add-on are available for use instantly, and can be managed directly within the FaunaDB Console.
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#6I wish they had an option between free and $45/month. I want to deploy a tiny client side js app that requires http auth. I would rather netlify than a VPS, but not at $45.
I'm not sure where you're seeing these numbers?
I see free, on demand (which seems to be the middle ground you want), and $99/mo....oh, I see you're looking at Netlify's pricing, not Fauna's.
Which leads me to ask: why does your project require HTTP Basic Auth? Wouldn't a HTTPS login not only be more secure but also supported under the free tier?
Re: Show HN: Announcing the FaunaDB Add-On for Netlify
#7Hi there! I'm Lewis, a PM at Fauna. We built this Add-on so that any developer using FaunaDB and Netlify can come up with an idea and launch it super quickly, by simply focusing on the front-end. If you’re a Netlify user who has never heard of FaunaDB and want to add a database to your app, we’re the only database with a direct Add-on. FaunaDB a perfect choice for developers who don’t know much about databases, or wo…
> FaunaDB a perfect choice for developers who don’t know much about databases
And, from the Fauna docs:
> Related documents in FaunaDB are stored within classes (also known as collections), which are similar to tables in relational databases, except that the different items in the class are not all required to have the same fields. Typically, classes correspond to types in your application, for example, blog posts, authors, comments, shopping carts, line items, and invoices. Creating a class is easy as you don’t have to specify constraints or field names.
As someone who's dealing with a long-lived Mongo application, this "you don't have to think/know anything about databases to get started!" thing might start off as a feature, but it'll turn into an anchor.
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#8FaunaDB is quite amazing. Someone who have used DynamoDB and Cloud DataStore/FireStore extensively, I find FaunaDB is a lot more flexible to build bigger applications with complex data models. Their GraphQL offering is equally good. It works really well with Lambda. Row-level authorisation and other security features are out of the box. Only thing, which stops us to switch to FaunaDB is the lack of search support. Only, if they can stream document changes to Kinesis/PubSub then it can integrate seamlessly with other public cloud services including ElasticSearch.
Re: Show HN: Announcing the FaunaDB Add-On for Netlify
#9Hi there! I'm Lewis, a PM at Fauna. We built this Add-on so that any developer using FaunaDB and Netlify can come up with an idea and launch it super quickly, by simply focusing on the front-end. If you’re a Netlify user who has never heard of FaunaDB and want to add a database to your app, we’re the only database with a direct Add-on. FaunaDB a perfect choice for developers who don’t know much about databases, or wo…
> FaunaDB a perfect choice for developers who don’t know much about databases And, from the Fauna docs: > Related documents in FaunaDB are stored within classes (also known as collections), which are similar to tables in relational databases, except that the different items in the class are not all required to have the same fields. Typically, classes correspond to types in your application, for example, blog posts, a…
Hey @vosper, thanks for your feedback!
To clarify, what we mean by simplicity is making databases as simple to work with as using an API. An example of this is native GraphQL support within FaunaDB.
We're continuing to make our database concepts like Collections easier to use and understand. I've made a note to clarify the blog post you are referencing.
Collections come from a NoSQL approach, and allow users to change what's stored in data records over time. We see this as a convenient way to store data, without having to worry about specifying a schema upfront that may change over time.
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#10Is the article gone or something? all i see is ![]()