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I _just_ started using Firebase and I'm already worried about cost. Is this a drop in replacement for it ? All my code will work against nhost , just change the config files ? Or what does the transition look like at the moment ? Very excited for this!
It's interesting see people still working in this niche, I think it used to be called "backend as a service"? There were several contenders at one point, but Firebase seemed to "win" several years ago, and has been the last one standing for some time. Just curious what the market size is for these types of services? It doesn't seem like anyone really uses them; for tech people it's just as easy to spin up an instance…
We're using Hasura in production and I'm a backend developer. Saves a lot of time from building out CRUD GraphQL and enforces a consistent API.
It's interesting see people still working in this niche, I think it used to be called "backend as a service"? There were several contenders at one point, but Firebase seemed to "win" several years ago, and has been the last one standing for some time. Just curious what the market size is for these types of services? It doesn't seem like anyone really uses them; for tech people it's just as easy to spin up an instance…
Additionally looks like some very high profile apps are using it, or at least have done so in the past: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/bereal-creates...
why hasura instead of postgraphile?
- 28k stars on GitHub
- Unicorn Startup with $136M in funding
- Notable users of Hasura GraphQL Engine: Netlify, Walmart, Airbus, Atlassian, Nhost ;)
- Support for multiple databases (Postgres, MS SQL, BigQuery, etc)
- Hasura Console (UI)
- Hasura handles row AND column level permissions instead of only Postgres row-level security.
- Database Event Triggers
- Overall a bigger communtity, great docs, lots of example.
How does this compare to Supabase? Is this easily self hostable? I'm seeing lots of movement in this space and it's getting harder to keep track.
- Open Source: Nhost is open source. Some competitors are, too, and some are not.
- Infrastructure: Our infrastructure is set up to handle anything from side-projects to companies with hyper-scale. Each service, except the Postgres database, is stateless and can scale horizontally.
- UI: The Nhost Dashboard, although under development, will give us an edge in the next six months. Most database and backend dashboards look like they were built by engineers (without designers) in 1997. There is so much room for innovation.
- Tech: We're using well-used and open source technologies with little to no abstractions in our stack, from SQL (Postgres) to GraphQL (Hasura), to Node.js for Serverless Functions. Here I see competitors using either old technologies or building abstractions, forcing them to re-invent already solved problems, and forcing users to re-learn already battle-tested solutions.
- Workflow: We're not just an "infrastructure company." The goal with Nhost is to make developers as productive as possible. We have a CLI for local development and a GitHub integration that automatically deploys your backend (just like Netlify & Vercel). This way, our customers can focus on their business and users instead of figuring out development workflows. Here I see competitors either building custom in-house branching solutions outside Git or nothing.
In the end, I'm glad to see competition in this space. The winner of healthy competition is developers who can pick the services that best suit their needs. And that's the ultimate goal. To empower developers to build.
It's interesting see people still working in this niche, I think it used to be called "backend as a service"? There were several contenders at one point, but Firebase seemed to "win" several years ago, and has been the last one standing for some time. Just curious what the market size is for these types of services? It doesn't seem like anyone really uses them; for tech people it's just as easy to spin up an instance…
Yea Nhost is a Backend as a Service (BaaS) but I'm not sure Firebase has "won". Whant we hear form our users is that they like Nhost because of: - Open Source - SQL (Postgres) - GraphQL (Hasura) - GitHub Integratoin (like Vercel & Netlify) > for tech people it's just as easy to spin up an instance in some cloud somewhere. I think this is the biggest missconseption. Just look at Vercel and Netlify. They host html/css/…