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Cloud Firestore: A New Document Database for Apps

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Re: Cloud Firestore: A New Document Database for Apps

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It's coming https://subzero.cloud/ :)

looks cool, interested to see the backend you're using and if it requires lockin. did Kreatank do that logo?

the stack is like this

graphql/rest -> openresty ( + custom code ) -> postgrest (custom) -> postgresql

yes he did :)

Re: Cloud Firestore: A New Document Database for Apps

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I'd guess a forward commitment, like a LTS version? That would probably have an adverse effect though, since you'd be the only provider that goes (e.g.) "We will support this product for at least three years from now", implying (to people making Decisions) you'd pull the plug after three years. Maybe publish a long term (5+ year) plan / roadmap? idk.

Yeah, unfortunately this is pretty much an unsolvable problem. Roadmaps are subject to change and even more subject to be delayed, publishing them tends to disappoint more than reassure. If we gave a forward commitment the questions would just be "why not longer?" or "what happens in X + 1 years?". All we can do is say what I'm saying now: we stand behind this product 100%, we think it solves real problems for develo…

>if you folks use it and grow your app to be successful, we make money. If you use it and really like it, you're more likely to use Firebase and Cloud's other products,

the issue is the inverse is also true: If you folks don't use it, we don't make money, and we deploy these resources elsewhere. See Parse

Re: Cloud Firestore: A New Document Database for Apps

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Why anyone still uses firebase when there's trivial to get running OSS ways of getting this done I'll never understand. People think stuff like this makes time to development smaller, I say it increases it deceptively

I'm a one-man shop and the less time I need to spend with servers the better. The Firebase + Google Cloud Functions approach has served me well.

Yea if I could give you a script to run which made setting up your own version of those would you?
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