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Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by Groxx »

ProblemFactory wrote: post #226
Groxx wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"a cloud hosted database" + "run arbitrary JS in response to events at scale" covers most of it. It's a hosted database and server.

A cloud hosted database is accurate, but doesn't really describe it well. Amazon, Heroku and others also provide cloud hosted PostgreSQL, which is a very different use case. Parse was a: * cloud hosted nosql database, * with client libraries for mobile platforms, * direct write access from mobile apps, without hosting your own API backend in the middle, and * some methods of securing this direct write access from unt…

Yes, but covering all the important parts exceeds the "couple sentences / one short paragraph" goal. First and foremost it's a DB + server + client libs (I entirely agree on that one, it's a major value-prop). Details beyond that are many.

Other important parts may include "runs on node.js", "server code in JS", "client + server define ACL per row", "push notifications", "amazingly, supports windows mobile", etc, depending on the viewer. That's what the rest of the documentation is for, e.g. in a features list.

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by grzm »

bbcbasic wrote: post #229
castis wrote: post #147

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Is Sashido using the parse server for their army of HN spam accounts?

We don't know for a fact that Sashido is causing the spam. Could just be a elaborate joke, for example.

I don't know for a fact that you're not part of that elaborate joke, either. A bunch of new accounts all commenting similar positive comments, 'sctb identifies the behavior, bans accounts, asks them to stop and they do. The simplest explanation is, yes, there was spam.

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by jasonm23 »

trumbitta2 wrote: post #215
gfosco wrote: post #2

During this year-long shutdown/migration process, the open-source and community maintained Parse Server is what most people switched to. Parse is yours now. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server

And nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse and what does the open-source Parse Server do.

Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on.

That said, I never used it, I saw it appear, had a look, decided what it offered was too rudimentary to be scalable, and moved on.

That said, as an open source offering, it's quite interesting.

This post answers the basic question, what is parse:

http://blog.parse.com/announcements/what-is-parse-server/

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by bbcbasic »

grzm wrote: post #232
bbcbasic wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We don't know for a fact that Sashido is causing the spam. Could just be a elaborate joke, for example.

I don't know for a fact that you're not part of that elaborate joke, either. A bunch of new accounts all commenting similar positive comments, 'sctb identifies the behavior, bans accounts, asks them to stop and they do. The simplest explanation is, yes, there was spam.

Occam's Razor shouldn't be used when accusing people.

Also, check my karma and previous comments.

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by grzm »

bbcbasic wrote: post #234
grzm wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know for a fact that you're not part of that elaborate joke, either. A bunch of new accounts all commenting similar positive comments, 'sctb identifies the behavior, bans accounts, asks them to stop and they do. The simplest explanation is, yes, there was spam.

Occam's Razor shouldn't be used when accusing people. Also, check my karma and previous comments.

The only accusation (if you choose to call it that) that I'm aware of is the initial comment by 'castis upthread. I don't believe you're part of the spam brigade. A comment like "we can't be sure" when there's pretty clear evidence of what happened doesn't add anything meaningful to conversation. It's tough enough addressing abuse on HN without suggesting, even possibly in jest, that we shouldn't do so.

This all goes back to the initial comment: if a member suspects there's abuse going on, contact a mod, and let them sort it out. The rest of this is just noise.

Edit to add: Even if it weren't spam in the sense of advertisement for sashido.io, but only a joke, it's still abuse of HN.

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by pier25 »

primitivesuave wrote: post #60
jeyoor wrote: post #44

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Which BaaS options are recommended now?

I second the Firebase recommendation. Facebook killed off their BaaS acquisition while Google doubled down on theirs. If you prefer open-source, Horizon ( http://horizon.io/ ) is a great alternative to Firebase but does not have many of the key features like file storage and iOS/Android SDKs.

I wrote this piece on Firebase recently and I would not recommend it except for very simple or specialised projects.

https://medium.com/@Pier/firebase-the-great-the-meh-and-the-...

Don't get me wrong, Firebase has a lot of good things going on, but the bad aspects make it unsuitable for a large variety of projects.

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by PhantomGremlin »

trumbitta2 wrote: post #215
gfosco wrote: post #2

During this year-long shutdown/migration process, the open-source and community maintained Parse Server is what most people switched to. Parse is yours now. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server

And nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse and what does the open-source Parse Server do.

nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse

This is a major failing of a lot of open-source projects and a lot of real companies as well. Fortunately Wikipedia often provides some background. It's my go-to place whenever I'm confronted with some un-navigable home page filled with hipster jargon about how a company wants to "empower" me with "cloud" "solutions".

Here's a brief history of Parse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_(company)

Re: Parse is shutting down today

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Post by flukus »

jasonm23 wrote: post #233
trumbitta2 wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And nowhere in there I was able to find what's Parse and what does the open-source Parse Server do.

Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on. That said, I never used it, I saw it appear, had a look, decided what it offered was too rudimentary to be scalable, and moved on. That said, as an open source offering, it's quite interesting. This post answers the basic question, what is parse: http://blog.parse.com/ann…

> Parse was an API as a service. The idea being that you don't need your own servers and parse would provide API, database, push messaging and so on.

I'm still unclear. It's some sort of hosted database+services?

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