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Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Re: Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Post by welanes »

Firestore next please.

For the 'indie' developer, Firebase is a gift. By way of example, I (re)started building an app that tracks anomalies in cryptocurrency volume at the weekend. By building on Firebase (Auth, FireStore, Functions) it's all but ready.

That lack of friction between idea and reality didn't exist too long ago. (Firebase ain't the only ones, Zeit are also doing slightly-different-but-equally-incredible work).

Two points of frustration:

Cost - $0.06 per 100,000 document-reads sounds cheap until you're continuously analyzing streams of market data...but that could simply be a problem with my inefficient code.

Quotas - there's a few minutes delay on removing the quota after upgrading from free to paid plan that shouldn't exist.

Edit: make that three:

The Console - there's quite a few products squeezed into the console and so far it works. But please refrain from becoming like the Google Cloud Platform console which seems to have borrowed design cues from space-shuttle dashboards.

Re: Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Post by benthehenten »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #2

Wish I could get this same reporting for Javascript and get out of Sentry. Maybe one day! Firebase Functions being able to debug to Crashlytics would be cool.

If you're looking to get more context on exceptions in JavaScript, you could try LogRocket (https://logrocket.com). Similar to how Crashlytics' breadcrumbs feature records user actions leading up to a crash, LogRocket records user actions, network requests, console logs, DOM, and application state in web apps.

[disclaimer: I work at LogRocket]

Re: Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Post by mikebonnell »

welanes wrote: post #5

Firestore next please. For the 'indie' developer, Firebase is a gift. By way of example, I (re)started building an app that tracks anomalies in cryptocurrency volume at the weekend. By building on Firebase (Auth, FireStore, Functions) it's all but ready. That lack of friction between idea and reality didn't exist too long ago. (Firebase ain't the only ones, Zeit are also doing slightly-different-but-equally-incredibl…

Glad to hear it on the app and thanks for sharing the frustrations as well. I'll share them internally.

Re: Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Post by leogiertz »

As a somewhat frustrated user I can't understand the design decision Crashlytics did that they won't notify you of crashes unless they have a matching dSYM.

I've tried to explain why this complicates the use case for Bitcode enabled apps but so far I've only gotten a shrug back. Their stance is that everyone should check the dashboard daily and see the badge indicating that there's a dSYM missing.

Re: Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta

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Post by justaguyhere »

welanes wrote: post #5

Firestore next please. For the 'indie' developer, Firebase is a gift. By way of example, I (re)started building an app that tracks anomalies in cryptocurrency volume at the weekend. By building on Firebase (Auth, FireStore, Functions) it's all but ready. That lack of friction between idea and reality didn't exist too long ago. (Firebase ain't the only ones, Zeit are also doing slightly-different-but-equally-incredibl…

Is your application ready? Would like to check it out, also any write-up on the tech details of it.
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